Episode 2
Hitting 50 with nothing to wear Jane selects a new wardrobe, and reflects on attitudes to mid-life. Read by Samantha Bond.
The Stranger in the Mirror is Jane Shilling's reflective and enquiring memoir on middle age. Today, Jane arrives at fifty, and finds she doesn't have a thing to wear. Putting a new wardrobe together, leads her to reflect on attitudes towards mid life in the public's imagination.
Jane Shilling writes on books for the Daily Telegraph, Sunday Telegraph and Daily Mail, and on television for the Evening Standard. This is her second book. She lives in Greenwich with her son
Read by Samantha Bond.
Abridged by Julian Wilkinson.
Produced by Elizabeth Allard.
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Tue 18 Jan 201109:45BBC Radio 4 FM- Wed 19 Jan 201100:30BBC Radio 4
- Tue 5 Jan 201614:45BBC Radio 4 Extra
- Wed 6 Jan 201602:45BBC Radio 4 Extra
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