Episode 7
A surprise encounter with a childhood friend of Delia's distracts Fanny from her preoccupation with Jake, the young man from the canal boat.
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.
A surprise encounter with a childhood friend of Delia's distracts Fanny from her preoccupation with Jake, the young man from the canal boat.
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- Tue 17 Mar 200922:45BBC Radio 4
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