Episode 2
Richard Ford tells us the stories of his parents. Father prospers at work, so they move to the suburbs, to a nice house with a shiny car in the drive. But dark clouds loom.
Pulitzer Prize winning Richard Ford tells us the stories of his parents, taken from a newly published memoir.
Father's job was going well: "Near the time I was ten, in 1954, I became aware that my father had begun to crave the suburbs". Which meant a bright new house and a gleaming new car on the drive, an Oldsmobile. But darker times lie ahead..
Producer Duncan Minshull.
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| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Reader | Richard Ford |
| Author | Richard Ford |
| Abridger | Katrin Williams |
| Producer | Duncan Minshull |
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- Tue 9 May 201709:45BBC Radio 4 FM
- Wed 10 May 201700:30BBC Radio 4
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