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Book of the Week: Between Them

Richard Ford

Katrin Williams

Duncan Minshull

Book of the Week: Between Them: Episode 1

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Episode 1

Between Them

BBC Radio 4 - Book of the Week, Between Them, Episode 1

Renowned American author Richard Ford remembers his parents in separate poignant accounts.

Richard Ford narrates the stories of his parents. Father was 'smiling' and mother 'buoyant'. Before parenthood, they were always on the road; he was a salesman travelling the US.

Pulitzer Prize winning author Richard Ford tells us the stories of his parents, taken from a newly published memoir.

After his parents married they took to the road. Father worked at the Faultless Company, which took them to "Arkansas, Louisiana, Alabama, and a small part of Tennessee, a slice of Florida, a corner of Texas, all of Mississippi." On the road they stayed at motels and ate in diners. They had fun. They 'roistered'.


Abridged by Katrin Williams


Producer Duncan Minshull.

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

Author Richard Ford remembers his parents in separate poignant accounts.

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Ford remembers his parents in separate poignant accounts. Abridged by Katrin Williams. Read by the author.

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