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4 Extra Debut. Helen accompanies her son to an open day, dreading when he will leave the nest for university. Read by Claire Skinner.

A day in the life of Helen as she accompanies her son Michael to a university open day.

She's dreading when he will leave the nest.

And.. who is Sadie?

Ben Markovits' tale was originally part of a series of commissioned short stories to celebrate the 2019 BBC National Short Story Award.

Read by Claire Skinner.

Benjamin Markovits is a British-American writer, the author of 12 novels, among them a trilogy on the life of Lord Byron.

His novel You Don't Have To Live Like This won the James Tait Black Prize for Fiction in 2016.

Producer: Duncan Minshull

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2019.

14 minutes

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Thursday15:45
BBC Radio 4 Extra

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  • Tue 10 Sep 201912:04
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  • Tue 10 Sep 201922:45
    BBC Radio 4
  • Thursday15:45
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Thursday21:45
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Friday05:45
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