Dead in the Water: Penny's story PART ONE

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Feb 12, 201931:24Society & Culture

This is part one of Penny Farmer's remarkable story about her brother Chris and his girlfriend Peta who went off travelling to South America in 1978. Peta wrote home detailed letters every week and then the letters sudde...

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