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8. An Unlikely Job

Mary gets Mother an unlikely job as a radio dramatist and Betty has to work with the sinister Dorita. Read by Debora Weston.

Mary gets Mother an unlikely job as a radio dramatist.

Betty has an uncomfortable time at work with the sinister Dorita.

Betty MacDonald’s hilarious account of survival during the USA's Great Depression back in Seattle, under the wing of her sister Mary.

Abridged by Jennifer Howarth.

Read by Debora Weston.

Producer: Mary Ward-Lowery

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2009.

20 days left to listen

15 minutes

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  • Wed 22 Apr 200922:45
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