1/10. A vivid account by Irene Nemirovsky of a disparate group of Parisians caught up in the events of June 1940 when they fled their city before the German advance. Nemirovsky's manuscript lay undiscovered for 40 years after her death in Auschwitz, when it was discovered in a suitcase kept by her daughters, and has become a French bestseller. Read by Sian Thomas. Translated by Sandra Smith and abridged by Sally Marmion. Producer Di Speirs
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