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A five-year-old girl falls in love with Tommy, a boy her mother babysits. Over the years we see them grow up in the same environment but taking very different paths.
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A five-year-old girl falls in love with Tommy, a boy her mother babysits. Over the years we see them grow up in the same environment but taking very different paths.
16 Comments
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awesomeyour story was really original and very good to read. |
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Best stuff ever on public radio!I think that our friends have already covered it here, but this is great audio. Finally a reason to listen to public radio! Great job, Amy! |
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Musical Works
| Title | Artist | Album | Label | Year | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penguin Cafe Single | Penguin Cafe Orchestra | Music at the Penguin Cafe. | EG | 1976 | 00:00 |
Additional Credits
Produced with help from James Spring, Jay Allison, and Viki Merrick at Atlantic Public Media in Woods Hole, Massachusetts and supported, in part, by the Open Studio Project with funds from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
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Posted on April 18, 2012 at 10:24 PM | Permalink
Insightful
Tommy's story rings true....all the stories of the kids we once knew and how radically their lives changed.