Episode 1
Fanny's memory plays tricks as she tries to recall how she was caught up in a street brawl. Her grown-up children struggle to come to terms with their changed and frightened mother.
Hannah Gordon reads Nina Bawden's psychological thriller which tells the story of recently-widowed Fanny Pye, and how her life is changed when she intervenes to stop a street brawl.
Fanny's memory plays tricks as she tries to recall the brawl. Her grown-up children, Harry and Isabel, struggle to come to terms with their changed and frightened mother.
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- Mon 9 Mar 200922:45BBC Radio 4
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