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Episode 2

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Newly arrived at Ardrossan Academy, whole worlds of learning are opening up. Janice Galloway recalls her 1970s adolescence.

Award-winning author Janice Galloway reads extracts from her new book - a compelling account of her adolescence in 1970s Scotland. Young Janice has arrived at secondary school bearing a huge weight of expectation from her eager mother and unpredictable, violent, sister.

Read by the author and abridged by Sian Preece.

Produced by Eilidh McCreadie.

15 minutes

Last on

Wed 13 Jul 2016 02:45

Broadcasts

  • Tue 30 Aug 2011 09:45
  • Wed 31 Aug 2011 00:30
  • Tue 12 Jul 2016 14:45
  • Wed 13 Jul 2016 02:45

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