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Katarina Bivald - The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend: 5. The Way Ahead

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5. The Way Ahead

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The town of Broken Wheel decides Sara should settle there and  plan for her to marry Tom.

Everyone longs for Sara to stay on and want her to marry Tom who she secretly loves. But how does he feel? Stars Anna Koval.

The people of Broken Wheel long for Sara to stay on and want her to marry Tom who she secretly loves. 

But how does he really feel about her and can their wedding go ahead?"

Conclusion of Katarina Bivald's warm, funny and moving story of love and friendship.

The heroine Sara, is in her late 20s, when she leaves her native Sweden to visit her much older pen pal Amy in a remote part of Iowa, a town aptly called Broken Wheel. But, when she arrives, all is not as she had foreseen.

Unexpectedly, she finds herself falling in love - not just with one of the men in question, but with the whole town itself.

Translated from Swedish by Alice Menzies.

Dramatised by Jeremy Raison.

Sara ...... Anna Koval
Tom ...... Richard Goulding
Caroline ...... Lorelei King
Jen ...... Laurel Lefkow
Amy ...... Adjoa Andoh
George ...... William Hope
Andy ...... Martin T Sherman
Grace ...... Kate Harper
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Director: Cherry Cookson

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Dramatisation of Katarina Bivald's novel - a warm and moving story of love and friendship.

Dramatisation of Katarina Bivald's novel. Sara leaves her native Sweden to visit her much older pen pal Amy in a remote part of Iowa, a town aptly called Broken Wheel.

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