麻豆约拍

Julia McKenzie reads Jane Gardam's classic story in which an elderly spinster dreams of adorning her suburban church with the wild lilies of her time in Malta, with unexpected results...
Reader: Julia McKenzie is a distinguished stage and screen actor, with two Olivier awards and Tony and BAFTA nominations. Her most recent TV roles include Miss Marple in the Agatha Christie TV series, and her film roles include Notes on a Scandal and Shirley Valentine.
Abridger: Justine Willett
Producer: Justine Willett
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.