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Lean, Fall, Stand by Jon McGregor

5: News

Duration: 14 minutes

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

The heart-stopping and heart-rending new novel from the award-winning author of Reservoir 13.

When an Antarctic research expedition goes badly wrong, the consequences are far-reaching - for the men involved and for their families back home.

Episode 5: on hearing the shocking news that something has happened to her husband 'Doc' Wright, Anna flies out to Santiago - little knowing that her life is about to change for ever...

Author: Jon McGregor is an award-winning novelist and short-story writer, who has been longlisted for the Booker Prize three times, and won the 2017 Costa Award.
Reader: Indira Varma
Producer: Justine Willett
Abridger: Katrin Williams Show less

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