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Episode 2

Richard Ford tells us the stories of his parents. Father prospers at work, so they move to the suburbs, to a nice house with a shiny car in the drive. But dark clouds loom.

Pulitzer Prize winning Richard Ford tells us the stories of his parents, taken from a newly published memoir.

Father's job was going well: "Near the time I was ten, in 1954, I became aware that my father had begun to crave the suburbs". Which meant a bright new house and a gleaming new car on the drive, an Oldsmobile. But darker times lie ahead..

Producer Duncan Minshull.

15 minutes

Last on

Wed 10 May 2017 00:30

Credits

Role Contributor
Reader Richard Ford
Author Richard Ford
Abridger Katrin Williams
Producer Duncan Minshull

Broadcasts

  • Tue 9 May 2017 09:45
  • Wed 10 May 2017 00:30

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