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Two sisters, four nights, one city.

April, 1941: Belfast has escaped the worst of the war 鈥� so far. Over the coming two months, it鈥檚 going to be destroyed from above, so that people will say, in horror, 鈥淢y God, Belfast is finished鈥�.

Many won鈥檛 make it through, and no one who does will remain unchanged.

Following the lives of sisters Emma and Audrey 鈥� one engaged to be married, the other in a secret relationship with another woman 鈥� as they try to survive the horrors of the four nights of bombing which were the Belfast Blitz,

Lucy Caldwell's timeless and heart-breaking novel about living under duress, about family, and about how we try to stay true to ourselves.

Omnibus of the first five of ten parts abridged by Rowan Routh.

Read by Lisa Dwyer Hogg.

Producer: Gemma McMullan

A 麻豆约拍 Northern Ireland production for 麻豆约拍 Radio 4, first broadcast in April 2022.