Episode 2
Amanda Root reads from Gillian Slovo's love story, set in 1950s Ceylon and London. Evelyn, still shaken by her encounter with the charming Emil, returns home to her family.
Amanda Root reads from Gillian Slovo's love story, set in 1950s Ceylon and London.
Evelyn, still shaken by her encounter with the charming Emil, returns home to her family. As the conversation turns to the imminent independence of Ceylon, the bigotry of her mother's English lodgers finally shocks her into action.
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- Tue 25 Nov 200822:45BBC Radio 4
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