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The Third Magpie Podcast thethirdmagpie
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Serialization of the M S Clements' debut novel 'THE THIRD MAGPIE', read by Hannah Timms
A love story set in the authoritarian New Albany. School teacher and foreigner, Finn Sheehan, is married to Sophie, daughter of Albian elite and Foreign Minister, Tim Smith. Despite the advantages Tim's position allows them, ordinary life for Finn and Sophie is a struggle.
The arrival of a new Area Zone Commandant brings good news for Finn in the form of a tutoring contract. However, teaching Miss Catherine Fry, seventeen and spoiled, will bring new strife into the couple's cossetted life.
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THE THIRD MAGPIE - Episode One
While Evie Sheehan mourns the absence of her youngest brother, over in New Albany, Digitally Interned Alien, Finn Sheehan and his Albian wife, Sophie, must adapt to the strictures of Albian rule.
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THE THIRD MAGPIE - Episode Two
Finn and Sophie escape for a weekend at her parent's house. Sophie's mother, Michelle, takes advantage of the opportunity to voice her disapproval of her daughter's choice of husband.
Chopin's Op 10, Etude no 9 in F Minor performed by Dr Elena Vorotko -
THE THIRD MAGPIE - Episode Three
Finn receives some surprising news from Carl about a new pupil about to join Finn's English class.
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THE THIRD MAGPIE - Episode Four
Finn goes to the Commandant's Mansion for his first tutor session with Miss Catherine Fry, the Commandant's seventeen-year-old daughter.
Music: Sergio Du Bois - Sonata 13, 2nd movement - musopen.org -
THE THIRD MAGPIE - Episode Five
Catherine tells Finn about her father's basement library and makes a suggestion for some private reading.
Music: Robert Schumann - Kinderszenen, Op15 number 7, Träumerei - musopen.org -
THE THIRD MAGPIE - Episode Six
‘Three magpies for a girl.’ Or is it, ‘Three for a funeral.’
As autumn gives way to December, news reaches AZ5 about a flu outbreak in the remote territory of AZ12.
Catherine has a surprise for her tutor, one that has the power to turn Finn’s life upside down.
Music: Julia Florida – Agustín Barrios Mangore - performer Jorge de la Cruz musopen.org