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7. Making Ends Meet

Episode 7 of 10

Betty discovers that the friendly loan company isn't so friendly when she can't keep up her payments. Read by Debora Weston.

Betty discovers that the friendly loan company isn't all that friendly when she can't keep up her payments.

Plus memories of the clothes "problem".

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

Wed 4 Mar 2026 03:30
麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra

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  • Tue 21 Apr 2009 22:45
    麻豆社 Radio 4
  • Tue 3 Mar 2026 08:30
    麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
  • Tue 3 Mar 2026 13:30
    麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
  • Tue 3 Mar 2026 19:30
    麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
  • Wed 4 Mar 2026 03:30
    麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra