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Tears, Idle Tears by Elizabeth Bowen
Struggling with her seven-year-old son's crying, the widowed Mrs Dickinson gets unexpected help. Read by June Barrie.
"She was a gallant-looking woman, wearing white gloves and a dark blue toque put on exactly right - not the sort of woman you ought to see in the park with a great blubbering boy belonging to her."
Struggling with her seven-year-old son's crying, the widowed Mrs Dickinson gets unexpected help.
June Barrie reads Elizabeth Bowen’s short story.
Producer: Viv Beeby
First broadcast on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 in June 1992.
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