Episode 1
Sian Thomas reads from Bethan Roberts's novel set in the summer of 1936. Kitty, a young woman with little domestic experience, applies for her first job as cook at Willow Cottage.
Sian Thomas reads from Bethan Roberts's novel set in the summer of 1936, abridged by Elizabeth Burke.
Kitty, a young woman with very little domestic experience, applies for her first job as cook at Willow Cottage. The bohemian household consists of Ellen, a wealthy patron of the arts, her 11-year-old daughter Geenie and Ellen's lover George Crane, a poet who is writing a great novel.
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- Mon 11 Aug 200822:45BBC Radio 4
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