Hattie Morahan reads Jane Gardam's classic short story in which a mother is forced to question the sacrifices she's made, when an ex-lover and former teacher at the Slade turns up on a family holiday in Connemara.

Reader: Hattie Morahan is an acclaimed television, film, and stage actress. Her notable film roles include Alice in The Bletchley Circle and Ann in Mr Holmes; he recent TV roles include the doomed mother in Sadie's Jones' The Outcast, and neighbour Jane in Outnumbered.
Producer: Justine Willett
Abridger: Julian Wilkinson
Writer: Born in 1928, Jane Gardam she did not publish her first book until she was in her 40s, but has become one of the most prolific novelists of her generation, with 25 books published over the past 30 years and a number of prestigious prizes to her name (she's twice winner of the Whitbread, and has been shortlisted for both the Booker and Orange prizes). Her novels include Old Filth, Last Friends, God on the Rocks and The Hollow Land. She's been called 'the laureate of the demise of the British Empire', for her poignant and witty portrayals of the end of the era of British imperial adventures. Show less