6. Fun in Hard Times

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During the worst of the Depression years, Betty and her sisters must be creative in finding cheap ways to have fun. Plus memories of night school classes. Betty MacDonald’s hilarious account of survival during the USA's Great Depression back in Seattle, under the wing of her sister Mary. Abridged in ten parts by Jennifer Howarth. Read by Debora Weston. Producer: Mary Ward-Lowery First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2009.