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Berkshire, 1924. On the one day of the year when servants are given leave to visit their families, orphaned maid Jane languishes in the bed of her lover.

Booker prize-winner Graham Swift's new novel is a luminous and sensual meditation on truth, loss and the forging of a writer.

Berkshire, 1924. On the one day of the year when servants are given leave to visit their families, orphaned maid Jane languishes in the bed of her lover.

Read by Eileen Atkins
Abridged and produced by Eilidh McCreadie.

15 minutes

Last on

Mon 4 Apr 2016 22:45

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Role Contributor
Reader Eileen Atkins
Author Graham Swift
Abridger Eilidh McCreadie
Producer Eilidh McCreadie

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