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The Affair…with Anna Williamson
'My Mother was a Bigamist'
Season 5, Ep. 5
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When Abi was growing up, her mother had an affair and what followed had a lifelong effect on her.
Her mother moved abroad and kept Abi and her sister from their father, he became depressed and when she was returned to his care in the UK, he was unable to look after them properly.
Abi is here today to talk about her difficult experience of being the child in the middle of an explosive affair... and to reflect on the moment she discovered that her mother, was a bigamist.
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