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A Certain Age

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Series of monologues by Lynn Truss, telling bittersweet tales about love, romance, friendship and family

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The Wife

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Henny worries all the time. So when her husband fails to come home, why is she so cheery?

Henny worries all the time about what her husband thinks. So when he fails to come home, why is she so cheery? With Janine Duvitski. From February 2002.

Henny is a worrier. Will her husband like the new biscuit tin? Did she switch everything off in the kitchen? 

So one day when her husband unexpectedly disappears, she wonders why she's very much cheered up?

Read by Janine Duvitski.

A series of six monologues written by Lynne Truss. Six women have reached their 40-something years, and each has a very different, and sometimes surprising, story to tell. 

Producer: Dawn Ellis

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2002.

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Series of monologues by Lynne Truss, given by women in their forties

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