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In the Great Depression, Betty leaves her husband and returns to her warm and noisy family in Seattle. Read by Debora Weston.

During the Great Depression, Betty leaves her husband and returns to her warm and noisy family in Seattle.

Betty MacDonald’s hilarious account of survival in the Great Depression, under the wing of her sister Mary.

Read by Debora Weston.

Abridged in ten parts by Jennifer Howarth.

Omnibus of the first five of ten episodes.

Producer: Mary Ward-Lowery

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2009.

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1 hour, 10 minutes

On radio

Next Sunday07:30

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