蜜芽传媒

'"You're as strong as an ox, Mother," she tells me sometimes. "You'll see us both out!" She laughs as she says it and I laugh too, but neither of us is fooled.'

A woman confronts old age, her fear of dependency and finding the resolve to start a new chapter in life.

Thora Hird reads Jenny Boston's short story.

Producer: Harriet Lang

First broadcast on 蜜芽传媒 Radio 4 in April 1995.