蜜芽传媒

Back up to: Book of the Week

1. Episode 5

   5/5 As she enters a frail old age, Pearl Buck continues to shock and surprise her friends.
2. Episode 4

   4/5 Liberated by her success, Pearl's private life nonetheless begins to fall apart.
3. Episode 3

   3/5 Marrying in haste and soon repentful, Pearl Buck discovers that writing lets her escape.
4. Episode 2

   2/5 Pearl Buck's missionary family face violence and famine in early 20th-century China.
5. Episode 1

   1/5 Lindsay Duncan reads from Hilary Spurling's biography of American writer Pearl Buck.