Where Life Starts by David Park
A recently retired woman moves back to the coastal town where she grew up and is inspired to try sea swimming. Read by Maggie Cronin.
An original short story commissioned by ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 4 from the author David Park. Read by Maggie Cronin.
David Park is one of Northern Ireland's most acclaimed writers. His first novel 'The Healing' won the Authors’ Club First Novel Award. 'The Truth Commissioner' was awarded the Ewart-Biggs Memorial Prize and adapted for film; 'The Light of Amsterdam' was shortlisted for the IMPAC Prize; 'The Poets’ Wives' was Belfast’s One City One Book and 'Travelling in a Strange Land' won the Kerry Group Irish Fiction Award. He has received a Major Artist Award from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland and the American Ireland Fund Literary Award. His latest novel 'Spies in Canaan' was published in 2022.
Writer: David Park
Reader: Maggie Cronin
Producer: Michael Shannon
Executive Editor: Andy Martin
A ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Northern Ireland production.
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