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Chocolate for Later
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By Helen Dunmore. 4 Extra Debut. Marion is used to the long-haul flight to Australia. But she can never get used to the airline food. Read by the author.
Written and read by Orange Prize-winning novelist Helen Dunmore at the Food Connections Festival in Bristol.
Marion is used to the long-haul flight to Australia. She makes the journey three times a year, to visit her son and his family, whose faces she pictures as she tells the kind and graceful flight attendant about them. But she can never get used to the airline food.
Specially commissioned for the festival, Helen Dunmore's intriguing and surprising story tells of loneliness, a deep need for attention, and sensuous delight.
Producer...Mary Ward-Lowery.
Last on
Tue 5 Jun 2018
21:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
Credits
Role | Contributor |
---|---|
Reader | Helen Dunmore |
Producer | Mary Ward-Lowery |
Writer | Helen Dunmore |
Broadcasts
- Fri 27 Jun 2014 15:45Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
- Sun 25 Sep 2016 00:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
- Tue 5 Jun 2018 11:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
- Tue 5 Jun 2018 21:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra