Episode 3
Still following the money, the same $10 bill he released in Kansas, the author Steve Boggan finds himself driving east across America and being offered hospitality.
Written by Steve Boggan
Still following the money, the same ten dollar bill he released in Kansas, the author finds himself driving east across America and being offered hospitality by a mixed race couple who have fought their own battles, in their own way, with the world around them.
Having been asked by a newspaper editor, several years ago, to pursue a ten pound note through a series of transactions in Britain , Steve Boggan decides to undertake something more ambitious - to spend 30 days following the same ten dollar bill across America. What might appear to be a whimsical conceit becomes a surprisingly poignant and often funny foray into the heartland of the ordinary. Surrendering himself to the decisions of others and their daily purchases proves to be a strangely cathartic experience which also opens his eyes to a world of serendipity and unexpected kindness.
Read By Ian Redford
Abridged and produced By Jill Waters
A Waters Company production for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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- Wed 25 Jul 2012 09:45Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 FM
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