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Helen Dunmore - The Betrayal

Helen Dunmore - The Betrayal: Episode 3: The Best Chance of Survival

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The Betrayal

Episode 3

Episode 3: The Best Chance of Survival

The Best Chance of Survival

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Helen Dunmore - The Betrayal, The Best Chance of Survival

It falls to doctor Andrei to tell Vulkov what is his son's best chance of survival.

Andrei must tell Gorya's father Vulkov about the boy's best - indeed only - chance of survival. Read by Sara Kestelman.

As the doctor in charge of Gorya's case, it falls to Andrei to tell his father, Vulkov, what the boy's best, indeed only, chance of survival is. The stakes are raised even higher as the two men meet.

Helen Dunmore's sequel to 'The Siege' read by Sara Kestelman.

Set ten years on, the starvation and bitter cold of the war years of Leningrad have been replaced with fear and suspicion. City residents do their best to keep their heads down and their lives unremarkable in an era of accusations, arrests and the midnight knock at the door.

Helen Dunmore (1952-2017) was the writer of 12 novels and 10 poetry collections winning several accolades for her work. 

Abridged by Sally Marmion
Producer: Di Speirs

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2010.

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