7. Days of Hope
The powerful memoir by the BAFTA award winning screenwriter Abi Morgan concludes. Summer seas point to new hope and promises for Abi's family. Nicola Walker reads.
This is Not a Pity Memoir is the powerful first book by the BAFTA award winning screenwriter, Abi Morgan. In the concluding episode, summer seas point to new hope and new promises for Abi, Jacob and their two children. Nicola Walker is the reader.
Abi Morgan's screenwriting credits include The Split, The Hour, Suffragette and the Iron Lady. Her memoir, begins on an ordinary June day, with Abi getting through her seemingly endless to do list. When she gets home, the man she has loved and fought and laughed with for twenty years is collapsed on the bathroom floor. Nothing will ever be the same for Abi, Jacob and their two children. What follows is the story of how Abi and her family navigated the worst times. It’s honest, courageous funny, and hopeful. And it’s a tender love story. Sometimes the language is strong.
The reader is Nicola Walker. Her credits for TV include Abi Morgan's, The Split; Unforgotten, Last Tango in Halifax, Spooks, and for theatre, The Corn is Green, The Cane, A View From the Bridge. Credits for radio include Annika Stranded & The Hotel.
Abridged by Katrin Williams
Produced by Elizabeth Allard.
