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An elderly woman in an old people’s home plots her escape to be with her 52 year-old son.

An elderly woman resident in an old people’s home plots her escape to be with her 52 year-old son. Read by Patricia Hayes.

"It suddenly occurs to me that while I'm in here, William will be at home, on his own.  On his own.  And him only 52.  Only 52!"

An elderly woman resident in an old people’s home plots her escape to be with her son. 

Patricia Hayes reads Michael Carson’s short story.

Producer: Pam Fraser Solomon 

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 1988.

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