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Peter and Anna realise that they actually know very little about their mother - can they even be certain that she is dead?

Diana Quick reads the novel by Georgina Harding, set in 1960s England.

Peter points out to Anna that their mother disappeared on the same day that the news broke of the arrests in the Portland spy case. They realise that they actually know very little about their mother - can they even be certain that she is dead?

Abridged by Lauris Morgan Griffiths.

15 minutes

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Wed 4 Jun 201400:30
BBC Radio 4 Extra

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