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Jessica Raine reads Jane Gardam's classic story in which a young wife is thrilled to be rejoining her husband in Hong Kong, still under the British. But all too soon she finds herself looking for authenticity and excitement...

Reader: Jessica Raine is best known for her role as Jenny in the TV drama Call the Midwife. Other recent TV credits include Jane Boleyn in Wolf Hall, and Tuppence Beresford in Partners in Crime.
Producer: Justine Willett
Abridger: Julian Wilkinson
Writer: Born in 1928, Jane Gardam she did not publish her first book until she was in her 40s, but has become one of the most prolific novelists of her generation, with 25 books published over the past 30 years and a number of prestigious prizes to her name (she's twice winner of the Whitbread, and has been shortlisted for both the Booker and Orange prizes). Her novels include Old Filth, Last Friends, God on the Rocks and The Hollow Land. She's been called 'the laureate of the demise of the British Empire', for her poignant and witty portrayals of the end of the era of British imperial adventures.