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5. Jobs, more Jobs

Episode 5 of 10

Betty gets work as a photographic tinter, a fur coat model-cum-book-keeper and secretary to a mobster. Read by Debora Weston.

Unlike Mary, Betty is hopeless at selling advertising.

So she gets work as a photographic tinter, a fur coat model-cum-book-keeper and secretary to a mobster!

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

Abridged by Jennifer Howarth.

Read by Debora Weston.

Producer: Mary Ward-Lowery

First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 4 in April 2009.

15 minutes

Last on

Sat 28 Feb 2026 03:30
麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra

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  • Fri 17 Apr 2009 22:45
    麻豆社 Radio 4
  • Fri 27 Feb 2026 08:30
    麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
  • Fri 27 Feb 2026 13:30
    麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
  • Fri 27 Feb 2026 19:30
    麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
  • Sat 28 Feb 2026 03:30
    麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra