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Episode 4

Joan Didion moves into Alabama where chance encounters increase her sense of divide with the women of the south, whose seeming only goals are to marry and have their hair done.

15 minutes

Last on

Fri 15 Sep 201700:30

Credits

RoleContributor
ReaderLaurel Lefkow
AuthorJoan Didion
AbridgerEileen Horne
ProducerClive Brill
DirectorEoin O'Callaghan

Broadcasts

  • Thu 14 Sep 201709:45
  • Fri 15 Sep 201700:30

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