Five stories of love – for people and places – and the pain of loss of home and self.
Love And Loss
Waiting
Secret love is the sweetest thing, but sometimes a girl wants more.
Writer: Amanda Smyth
Reader: Sandra James-Young
A Season Of Madness
A Lebanese wife goes to extraordinary lengths to escape from a loveless marriage.
Writer: Hanan al-Shaykh
Reader: Sirine Saba
Tracking Station
Three into two doesn’t go. A young girl is the odd one out in a night at a secret hideaway.
Writer: Amanda Smyth
Reader: Sandra James-Young
The White Peacock of Holland Park
Lonely in London, Yasmin brings her fantasies from the Lebanon to Holland Park.
Writer: Hanan al-Shaykh
Reader: Sirine Saba
Flight
A young girl grows up in the shadow of her mother’s love life.
Writer: Amanda Smyth
Reader: Sandra James-Young
First Broadcast:
Monday - Friday, 2nd-6th December 2002 at 15:30 on BBC Radio 4
Production Credits:
Sound Engineer: Perry Andrews
Producer: Lisa Osborne
Executive Producer: Karen Rose
Music: A Man Called Adam by E Parker/S Rodgers/S Jones & performed by Estelle & Balwans Beek by Omar Batiesha/Salah el Sharnobi & performed by Warda