What to Expect
By Aminatta Forna: Exploring contemporary feminism through a young woman who wants to be invisible to the world. Read by Doon MacKichan.
By Aminatta Forna
Read by Doon MacKichan
Fifty years since the first publication of Betty Friedan's seminal feminist work The Feminine Mystique, three leading writers to celebrate her influence in new short stories exploring the contemporary feminist landscape.
Doon MacKichan reads Aminatta Forna's surreal and wryly funny contemporary story. A young woman rebels against the weight of expectation and the minute daily constraints of appropriate behaviour. A story with an unexpected and humourous twist.
Aminatta Forna is winner of the Commonwealth Writers Prize and judge of the Man Booker International Prize. She is the author of Ancestor Stones and The Hired Man
Producer: Allegra McIlroy.
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Reader | Doon Mackichan |
| Producer | Allegra McIlroy |
| Writer | Aminatta Forna |
Broadcasts
Fri 9 Aug 201315:45BBC Radio 4 FM- Sun 1 Nov 201500:30BBC Radio 4
- Fri 26 May 201711:00BBC Radio 4 Extra
