Episode 1
Adjoa Andoh reads from the novel by Andrew Sean Greer. It's 1953 and a stranger turns up on the doorstep of Pearlie's house with news that will alter her life forever.
"We think we know the ones we love." So Pearlie Cook begins her indirect and devastating exploration of the mystery in the heart of every relationship, how we can ever truly know another person.
It is 1953 and Pearlie, a dutiful housewife, finds herself living in the Sunset district of San Francisco, caring not only for her husband's fragile health but also for her son who is afflicted with polio. Then, one Saturday morning, a stranger appears on her doorstep and everything changes. All the certainties by which Pearlie has lived are thrown into doubt. Does she know her husband at all? And what does the stranger want in return for his offer of $100,000?
Written by Andrew Sean Greer and abridged by Fiona McAlpine. Read by Adjoa Andoh.
ProducerL Clive Brill
A Pacificus production for 大象传媒 Radio 4.
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- Mon 9 Aug 2010 22:45大象传媒 Radio 4
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