Episode 4
Lynn Knight's memoir tells how three generations of her family came to be adopted in three distinct ways. Today, her mother, Cora, is growing up. Read by Barbara Flynn.
At the heart of Lynn Knight's family memoir is the corner shop at 150 Station Road, Wheeldon Mill in Derbyshire. Run by her grandmother, for the first half of the twentieth century it sold everything from bread, eggs, sweets and laundry soap. It was also the place where the story of three adoptions across three generations unfolded. Today, Lynn's mother, Cora discovers the mysteries of the shop and her grandfather, Dick's magical wood.
The reader is Barbara Flynn.
Abridged by Julian Wilkinson.
Produced by Elizabeth Allard.
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- Thu 4 Aug 201109:45BBC Radio 4 FM
- Fri 5 Aug 201100:30BBC Radio 4
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