Unsheltered

Original version

BBC Radio 4 LW

BBC Radio 4 Extra

BBC Radio 4 FM

Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver: 4. Neighbour

Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver

4. Neighbour

BBC Radio 4 - Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver, 4. Neighbour

1874: Thatcher visits his intriguing neighbour Mary Treat, who's engaged in an experiment.

1874: Thatcher Greenwood’s scientist neighbour is undertaking unusual scientific experiments at home. Read by Patrick Kennedy.

1874: Thatcher Greenwood visits his intriguing neighbour, a scientist in correspondence with Charles Darwin, undertaking unusual scientific experiments in her home.

Barbara Kingsolver's novel interweaves the past and the present to explore the human capacity for resilience and compassion in times of great upheaval.

It is a portrait of life in precarious times - when characters discover that the past has failed to prepare them for the future.

Alternating between two centuries, Kingsolver examines the personal and social shocks that ensue when people’s assumptions about the world and their place in it are shaken to their foundations.

Abridged by Sian Preece.

Read by Laurel Lefkow.

Producer: Gaynor Macfarlane

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2018.

BBC Radio 4

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

Audiobooks

Drama

Novel by Barbara Kingsolver. Abridged by Sian Preece. Read by Laurel Lefkow

Barbara Kingsolver's novel examines the personal and social shocks that ensue when people's assumptions about the world and their place in it are shaken to their foundations.

Accessibility links

Programme Index

Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver

4. Neighbour

Genres

Series

BBC Radio 4 LW

About BBC Radio 4