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1. Homeward Bound

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Jean Louise Finch travels south from New York, on a long-awaited trip to visit her father Atticus. Read by Fenella Woolgar.

Believed lost for decades after 'To Kill A Mockingbird' was published, Harper Lee's explosive second novel finally appeared in 2015.

It revisits much-loved characters, this time through adult eyes.

Jean Louise 'Scout' Finch travels from New York to Maycomb for her annual visit home. It's always a relief to slip into the comfortable rhythms of the South; to spend time with her beloved father Atticus and rekindle her spiky relationship with Aunt Alexandra.

But mid-1950s Alabama is not the same place where young Scout spent idyllic summers with brother Jem, and the 26-year old will be betrayed and have her trust shattered before she is able to become her own woman.

Abridged in ten parts by Robin Brooks

Read by Fenella Woolgar.

Harper Lee was the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of 'To Kill a Mockingbird', a book which has been studied, loved, wept over and revered by generations since its publication in 1960. She lived in Monroeville, Alabama until her death in 2016.

Producer Eilidh McCreadie.

First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 4 in August 2015.

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Credits

Reader Fenella Woolgar
Author Harper Lee
Abridger Robin Brooks
Producer Eilidh McCreadie

Broadcasts

  • Mon 10 Aug 2015 22:45
    麻豆社 Radio 4
  • Mon 25 Apr 2016 14:00
    麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
  • Tue 26 Apr 2016 02:00
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  • Mon 18 Feb 2019 14:00
    麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
  • Tue 19 Feb 2019 02:00
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  • Mon 27 Apr 2026 08:45
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  • Mon 27 Apr 2026 13:45
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  • Mon 27 Apr 2026 19:45
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  • Tue 28 Apr 2026 03:45
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