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Episode 5
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Amanda Root reads from Gillian Slovo's love story, set in 1950s Ceylon and London.
Despite her life of luxury with Emil, Evelyn is bruised by the snobbery and prejudice of 1950s England.
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Fri 28 Nov 200822:45
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