The Egg
Celia's life is perfect: husband, children, beautiful house by the sea. But it can take just one thing to turn a life upside down. Read by Claire Skinner.
Perfect Lives is Polly Samson's second collection of short stories, each linked to the others by themes of imperfection, compromise and the joy of accepting life as it is.
1: The Egg, read by Claire Skinner
Celia's life is perfect; husband, children, beautiful house by the sea. But it can take just one thing to turn a life upside down.
Abridged and produced by Christine Hall.
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- Mon 21 Nov 201122:45BBC Radio 4
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