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Once in a Lifetime

Stories from a collection by Jhumpa Lahiri. Two Indian immigrant families, reunited in suburban Massachusetts, recall the time they were last together.

Stories from a brilliant new collection by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri exploring the dark secrets of family life, all linked by the Bengali immigrant experience.

One memorable winter, two Indian immigrant families are reunited under one roof in a small house in suburban Massachusetts. As the snow falls they look back to the time they were last together, a winter's evening seven years earlier when things were very different.

Read by Nina Wadia.

15 minutes

Last on

Thu 19 Jun 2008 15:30

Broadcast

  • Thu 19 Jun 2008 15:30