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Episode 11

Episode 11 of 15

1875: Thatcher tries to come to terms with the shooting of Uri Carruth. Read by Patrick Kennedy and Laurel Lefkow.

1875: Thatcher tries to come to terms with the shooting of Uri Carruth.

2016: Willa's father-in-law, Nick, requests an unusual outing.

Barbara Kingsolver's novel interweaves the past and the present to explore the human capacity for resilience and compassion in times of great upheaval.

It is a portrait of life in precarious times - when characters discover that the past has failed to prepare them for the future.

Alternating between two centuries, Kingsolver examines the personal and social shocks that ensue when people’s assumptions about the world and their place in it are shaken to their foundations.

Abridged by Sian Preece.

Read by Patrick Kennedy and Laurel Lefkow.

Producer: Gaynor Macfarlane.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2018.

14 minutes

Last on

Tue 31 Jan 202302:00
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  • Mon 17 Dec 201812:04
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  • Mon 17 Dec 201822:45
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  • Mon 30 Jan 202307:00
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  • Mon 30 Jan 202312:00
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  • Mon 30 Jan 202317:00
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  • Tue 31 Jan 202302:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra