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Book at Bedtime: The Music Shop

Rachel Joyce

Michael Shannon

Book at Bedtime: The Music Shop: Episode 4

The Music Shop

Episode 4

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Frank gives Ilse her first music lesson: Beethoven and sex.

Frank is nervous about teaching his first music lesson. However, before meeting Ilse, he has an appointment with his bank manager to discuss his big plans for the music shop.

1988. Frank owns a music shop. It is jam-packed with records of every speed, size and genre. Classical, jazz, punk - as long as it's vinyl he sells it. Day after day Frank finds his customers the music they need. Then into his life walks Ilse Brauchmann.

Ilse asks Frank to teach her about music. His instinct is to turn and run. And yet he is drawn to this strangely still, mysterious woman with her pea-green coat and her eyes as black as vinyl. But Ilse is not what she seems. And Frank has old wounds that threaten to re-open and a past he will never leave behind ...

Rachel Joyce is the author of the Sunday Times and international bestsellers The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, Perfect and The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy. The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Book Prize and longlisted for the Man Booker Prize and has been translated into 34 languages. 

She is the award-winning writer of over 30 original afternoon plays and classic adaptations for BBC Radio 4.

Writer ..... Rachel Joyce
Abridger ..... Rachel Joyce
Reader ..... Rachel Joyce
Producer ..... Michael Shannon
Exec Producer ..... Gemma McMullan.

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By Rachel Joyce. A love story and journey through music. Read and abridged by the author.

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