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Patrick Grant and Mary-Ann Ochota

More favourite books with Harriett Gilbert and guests Patrick Grant and Mary-Ann Ochota.

This time the community clothing entrepreneur and host of The Great British Sewing Bee Patrick Grant chooses his favourite book along with fellow guest anthropologist and broadcaster Mary-Ann Ochota.

The books are:

Parsnips Buttered by Joe Lycett
The Flow by Amy Jane Beer
Heatwave by Penelope Lively

Produced in Bristol by Maggie Ayre

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