1/10. Alison Lurie 's Pulitzer Prize-winning story of loneliness and love is read by Barbara Barnes and abridged by Libby Spurrier. Vinnie Miner, a plain unmarried Ivy League professor, is on her way to London. On the flight, she is forced to share the company of Chuck Mumpson , a bulky, balding man she hopes she never sees again. Producer vivBeeby