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1. Return to Seattle

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4 Extra Debut. Betty leaves her husband during the Great Depression to return to her warm and noisy family in Seattle. Read by Debora Weston.

Betty MacDonald’s hilarious account of survival during the USA's Great Depression, under the wing of her sister Mary.

Mary is quite certain that anybody can do anything, especially Betty.

So Betty leaves her husband and his chicken ranch and returns to the bosom of her warm and noisy family in Seattle.

Abridged in ten parts by Jennifer Howarth.

Read by Debora Weston.

Producer: Mary Ward-Lowery

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2009.

15 minutes

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Tue 24 Feb 202603:30
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