Episode 4
The strictures of religion become increasingly confusing, added to by the burden of a long nose. Memoir read by Rebecca Front.
Written by Michele Hanson
Read by Rebecca Front
The strictures of religion become increasingly confusing, added to by the burden of a long nose.
The genteel suburbia of Northwest London in the 1950s is the setting for this memoir of an only child whose Jewish mother had loudly held opinions on everything from the stinginess of her neighbours to the bowel movements of her entire family. Negotiating adolescence was never going to be easy
Abridged and Produced by Jill Waters
A Waters Company production for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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Thu 23 Feb 2012 09:45Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 FM- Fri 24 Feb 2012 00:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
- Thu 12 Jan 2017 14:45Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
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