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Book at Bedtime

Mothering Sunday

Episode 4

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

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

After spending the morning in bed together, Jane accepts that her lover Paul Sheringham must leave her to meet his wealthy fiancée.

Read by Eileen Atkins
Abridged and produced by Eilidh McCreadie. Show less

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