Book at Bedtime - An Equal Stillness
Tom Goodman-Hill reads Francesca Kay's story of a painter's lifelong struggle to balance her vocation with her life as a lover, wife, daughter and mother
Book at Bedtime - An Equal Stillness - Episode 1
Tom Goodman-Hill reads the novel by Francesca Kay. Jennet Mallow, born in 1924 in a Yorkshire vicarage, begins to find her artistic vocation.
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Book at Bedtime - An Equal Stillness - Episode 10
Jennet gradually finds a way to move forward and leave the pain of the past behind. Under the over-arching skies of her native Yorkshire, she paints her finest work yet.
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Book at Bedtime - An Equal Stillness - Episode 2
David Heaton enters Jennet's life. Will a love affair with another painter foster Jennet's own talent?
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Book at Bedtime - An Equal Stillness - Episode 3
A shotgun marriage to David Heaton has not brought the happiness that Jennet sought. Moving from London to a Spanish village offers both young artists a fresh start.
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Book at Bedtime - An Equal Stillness - Episode 4
Jennet has blossomed in Spain, but her happiness is marred by David's depression and drinking. How can she serve the children, and her marriage, best?
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Book at Bedtime - An Equal Stillness - Episode 5
Returning to England, with little money and an unreliable husband, Jennet realises that their future lies in her hands.
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Book at Bedtime - An Equal Stillness - Episode 6
Jennet completes the frescos at Mount Street and takes her family to Cornwall on the proceeds.
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Book at Bedtime - An Equal Stillness - Episode 7
Tom Goodman-Hill reads the novel by Francesca Kay. Finally in a position to secure her future, Jennet buys a house to renovate by the banks of the Thames.
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Book at Bedtime - An Equal Stillness - Episode 8
Tom Goodman-Hill reads the novel by Francesca Kay. Betrayal on both sides has irrevocably damaged the fragile Heaton marriage. In a moment of rashness, Jennet dares all with David.
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Book at Bedtime - An Equal Stillness - Episode 9
Jennet discovers that she is carrying a child - but whose? It is time to start over, but nothing can prepare her for the way events will turn out and nothing will assuage her guilt.
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