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6: 'Cyclonic, becoming rough or very rough'

Episode 6 of 10

Meg Mason's whipsmart and heartbreakingly tender novel about the highs and lows of modern love. Today: married life turns from bliss to sorrow...

Hailed as 'Patrick Melrose meets Fleabag', Meg Mason's achingly funny and heartbreakingly tender novel is one of the most talked-about novels of 2021.

Martha Friel is clever and beautiful, a woman who has been loved every day of her adult life by one man, her husband Patrick. So why is she - on the edge of 40 - friendless, practically jobless and broken? And why did Patrick decide to leave?

Now Martha, with the help of her devoted, wise-cracking sister and dysfunctional, bohemian parents, has one last chance to find out whether she can write a better ending for herself.

Today: married life turns from bliss to sorrow...

Reader: Hattie Morahan
Writer: Meg Mason
Abridger: Antonia Hodgson
Producer: Justine Willett

14 minutes

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Mon 29 Nov 2021 22:45
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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  • Mon 29 Nov 2021 12:04
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  • Mon 29 Nov 2021 22:45
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4