Melissa Harrison - All Among the Barley
James Naughtie talks to acclaimed nature writer and novelist Melissa Harrison about her novel All Among the Barley; plus questions from this month’s reading group.
Melissa Harrison is an acclaimed nature writer, novelist and podcaster. She joins James Naughtie and a group of her readers to discuss her novel All Among the Barley, set in Suffolk in the mid 1930’s. Centring on the experiences of teenage Edie Mather whose family have been farming the land for generations, the novel touches on the backdrop of shifting political and social change, as well as the dramatic change that’s just starting in the English countryside.
Presenter: James Naughtie
Producer: Allegra McIlroy
July’s Bookclub choice: Golden Hill by Francis Spufford
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- Sun 6 Jun 202116:00BBC Radio 4 FM
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