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Brought to you by Penguin. The definitive selection of short stories from one of our greatest living writers, curated by Penelope Lively herself Wry, compassionate, and glittering with wit, Penelope Lively's stories gets beneath the everyday to the beating heart of human experience. In intimate...

Meet Penelope Black. Podcaster, provocateur, and purveyor of the grotesque. Welcome to the Dead & Depraved, where stories are savage, the humor is dark, and your feelings aren't invited. Penelope's got a mic, a bad attitude, and a bottomless vault of vile tales. Things may not be wholesome or even legal, but they will be entertaining.

Christmas Eve, 1936. On a foggy December night, a pregnant woman walks out in front of a trolley bus and is knocked unconscious. She is rushed to the Nightingale hospital, and a healthy baby is delivered. But the mother claims to have lost her memory, and cannot believe that the child is hers. It seems that the Nightingale nurses may need to perform a Christmas miracle.