Episode 3
Sian Thomas, Jim Norton, Emilia Fox and Clare Corbett read from Mary Ann Shaffer's novel. A glamorous American publisher arrives in London and besieges Juliet with flowers.
Sian Thomas, Jim Norton, Emilia Fox and Clare Corbett read from Mary Ann Shaffer's novel, set in the aftermath of the Second World War.
Juliet Ashton is commissioned to write an article exploring the benefits and pleasures of reading, and hopes to recount some of the adventures of the Guernsey Literary Society that she has been hearing about in letters from Dawsey Adams. In the meantime, a glamorous American publisher arrives in London and besieges her with flowers.
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- Wed 28 Jan 2009 22:45Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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