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Book at Bedtime: Nora Webster

Brid Brennan

Colm Toibin

Sally Marmion

Justine Willett

Book at Bedtime: Nora Webster: Episode 1: People Mean Well

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Episode 1: People Mean Well

People Mean Well

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Unable to tolerate memories of family summers, Nora makes a painful decision.

From the author of Brooklyn, a powerful and truthful portrayal of one woman's journey through grief, and towards hope in rural Ireland.

It is the 1960s and Nora Webster is living with her two young sons in a small town in Wexford. The love of her life, Maurice, has just died and so she must work out how to forge a new life for herself, dealing not only with the endless procession of visitors, her well-meaning relatives, but also her grieving children. Slowly, through the gift of friendship and music, she finds a way to start again - and to give her sons a future as she tries to hold on to the past.

Today: Unable to tolerate memories of family summers, Nora makes a painful decision.

Reader: Brid Brennan (born 1955) is a Northern Irish actress best known for her theatre work. She originated the role of Agnes in critically acclaimed performances of Brian Friel's 'Dancing at Lughnasa' for which she won a Tony Award.
Writer: Colm Toibin was born in Ireland in 1955. He is the author of six novels including The Blackwater Lightship and The Master, both of which were shortlisted for the Booker Prize, and Brooklyn which was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize and won the Costa Novel Award, plus an earlier collection of stories, Mothers and Sons.
Abridger: Sally Marmion
Producer: Justine Willett.

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By Colm Toibin. Haunting portrayal of one woman's journey through grief and towards hope.

By Colm Toibin. Haunting portrayal of one woman's journey through grief and towards hope. Read by Brid Brennan. Abridged by Sally Marmion.

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