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By Jenni Fagan. Shortlisted story of a young woman on a Scottish island with vengeance on her mind. Read by Joanna Vanderham.

Shortlisted for the BBC National Short Story Award 2017.

Jenni Fagan's story is set on a Scottish island where a young woman with vengeance on her mind has a transformative experience. Read by Joanna Vanderham.

Jenni Fagan has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and was shortlisted for the Dundee International Book Prize, the Desmond Elliott Prize, and the James Tait Black Prize for her debut novel The Panoptican (2012). In 2013, she was selected as one of Granta's Best Young British Young Novelists and appointed as a writer-in-residence at the University of Edinburgh.

The five stories in the BBC National Short Story Award 2017 reflected an energy and excitement about short fiction from a generation of the UK's most dynamic, contemporary writers.

Produced by Elizabeth Allard.

30 minutes

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Wed 12 Sep 201801:00
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ReaderJoanna Vanderham
ProducerElizabeth Allard

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  • Fri 22 Sep 201715:35
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  • Tue 11 Sep 201806:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Tue 11 Sep 201813:00
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  • Tue 11 Sep 201820:00
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  • Wed 12 Sep 201801:00
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