The Quarry Wood

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The Quarry Wood, by Nan Shepherd: Episode 1

The Quarry Wood, by Nan Shepherd

Episode 1

BBC Radio 4 - The Quarry Wood, by Nan Shepherd, Episode 1

Nan Shepherd's 1928 story of a young woman's journey to maturity and independence.

Meg Fraser reads extracts from Nan Shepherd's 1928 classic. Spirited nine-year-old Martha Ironside is taken in by her kindly Aunt Josephine. Abridged by Rosemary Goring

Meg Fraser reads extracts from the modernist classic by Nan Shepherd, author of 'The Living Mountain'.

Spirited nine-year old Martha Ironside is taken in by her kindly Great Aunt Josephine.

Read by Meg Fraser
Abridged by Rosemary Goring
Producer: Eilidh McCreadie

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