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Episode 4

By Jami Attenberg. Bittersweet tragi-comedy about three generations of a Jewish family. Robin needs to spend more time with her newly single mother. Read by Tracy-Ann Oberman.

A layered. bittersweet tragi-comedy about three generations of a Jewish family from the Chicago suburbs.

Edie Middlestein is a woman who can't stop eating. Her family fear she will eat herself to death. But Edie's heart and soul feel full when her stomach is full. And as she alternates between eating and grinding all the joy out of her memories, relationships around her start to unravel.

The author, Jami Attenberg, grew up in Buffalo Grove, Illinois. This is her fourth book.

Episode 4 (of 10)
Rachelle instructs Robin to spend more time with her newly single, obese, diabetes stricken mother.

Reader: Tracy-Ann Oberman
Abridger: Jeremy Osborne
Producer: Karen Rose
A Sweet Talk production for 大象传媒 Radio 4.

15 minutes

Last on

Thu 28 Feb 2013 22:45

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  • Thu 28 Feb 2013 22:45

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