Episode 1
Moving and life-affirming story by Anne Tyler. The occasional reappearances of his wife help a widower come to terms with her death. Read by William Hope.
By Anne Tyler.
Read by William Hope.
The new novel by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Anne Tyler is the simple yet profound story of one man's recovery from the death of his wife.
While family and friends fuss around him, widower Aaron Woolcott ploughs on. He busies himself with work at the family firm, a small publisher with a successful line in "Beginner's Guides" to every stage and aspect of life (from "The Beginner's Spice Rack", to "...Kitchen Remodelling", to "...Funerals"). Then, at the point when Aaron thinks he can't go on, Dorothy, his wife, begins to appear to him in reassuringly solid form.
Abridged by Robin Brooks.
Produced by Kirsteen Cameron.
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- Mon 7 May 201222:45BBC Radio 4
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