SIX GEESE A-LAYING

By Sophie Kinsella

Synopsis

Christmas is approaching, and Ginny is looking forward to the birth of her first baby. Luckily she's enrolled into the most exclusive antenatal class going - all the highest achieving, smartest mothers-to-be aspire to be taught by the legendary Petal Harmon. Turning up for the final class and Ginny discovers what parenthood is really going to be like and she begins to realize the things that really matter...

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Narrator	Pauline Beale
Length	40mins
Catalogue No.	11004
Publisher	Transworld Digital; 2011

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