The Rose Before the Vine
Rose and her daughter Anna have a long history of disappointing each other, and just as Anna seems to have turned a corner in her life, Rose has to give her some devastating news.
Five readings taken from Polly Samson's collection Perfect Lives, each linked by themes of imperfection, compromise and the joy of accepting life as it is.
4: The Rose Before the Vine, read by Claire Skinner
Rose and her daughter Anna have a long history of disappointing each other; and just as Anna seems to have turned a corner in her life, Rose has to give her some devastating news.
Abridged and produced by Christine Hall.
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- Thu 24 Nov 201122:45BBC Radio 4
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