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Honey and Dusty are sisters in their seventies. Ever since they were teenagers, Honey and Dusty have been dressing exactly alike, from wigs to glasses to purses. In every way possible, the sisters seem to have preserved the relationship they had as girls. Still, like any grown couple that's lived together successfully, what they fear most is that one will die before the other.
This piece first aired on This American Life.
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Honey and Dusty are sisters in their seventies. Ever since they were teenagers, Honey and Dusty have been dressing exactly alike, from wigs to glasses to purses. In every way possible, the sisters seem to have preserved the relationship they had as girls. Still, like any grown couple that's lived together successfully, what they fear most is that one will die before the other. This piece first aired on This American Life.
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Review of Matching Outfits Not IncludedOkay, so I'm to review something Ira Glass co-produced, something already aired on TAL? Umm, It's good. |
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Review of Matching Outfits Not IncludedThis is an engaging study of character, family, relationship, trust, acceptance, and grace in a community…of two.
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Timing and Cues
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Posted on April 17, 2008 at 03:05 PM | Permalink
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I was driving home with an exhausted heart when I heard this story on the radio. It was so sweet and tender that I forgot my case of the blues, and smiled at the image of these two sisters falling to sleep at night in they're respective twin beds, with a cross on the wall and a picture of Frank Sinatra.
Thanks for an extra interesting story on the human condition, it made my own condition, that of a broken spirit, feel light again. ~ Amber