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Book at Bedtime - Notwithstanding: Stories from an English Village - The Broken Heart

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Hugh Bonneville reads from Louis de Bernieres' new book of linked stories which cast an affectionate but acute eye on the vanishing charms and eccentric characters of the fictional Surrey village of Notwithstanding. When Obadiah Oak sells up and moves away from Notwithstanding, he leaves his heart behind. Abridged by Sara Davies.