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Book of the Week Hilary Spurling - Burying the Bones Episodes

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  1. Episode 5

    5/5 As she enters a frail old age, Pearl Buck continues to shock and surprise her friends.

  2. Episode 4

    4/5 Liberated by her success, Pearl's private life nonetheless begins to fall apart.

  3. Episode 3

    3/5 Marrying in haste and soon repentful, Pearl Buck discovers that writing lets her escape.

  4. Episode 2

    2/5 Pearl Buck's missionary family face violence and famine in early 20th-century China.

  5. Episode 1

    1/5 Lindsay Duncan reads from Hilary Spurling's biography of American writer Pearl Buck.