From her new collection of stories 'Saints and Sinners', here's the wonderful Edna O'Brien - the doyenne of Irish literature - reading an extract from 'My Two Mothers'. A moving and memorable passage, that should have you wanting to read more yourself.

My Two Mothers read by Edna O'Brien

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My Two Mothers read by Edna O'Brien

My Two Mothers read by Edna O'Brien