麻豆社

"It suddenly occurs to me that while I'm in here, William will be at home, on his own. On his own. And him only 52. Only 52!"

An elderly woman resident in an old people鈥檚 home plots her escape to be with her son.

Patricia Hayes reads Michael Carson鈥檚 short story.

Producer: Pam Fraser Solomon

First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 4 in August 1988.