Samantha Bond and Nathaniel Parker read from the romantic novel by Patrick Gale. Forty-something Laura Lewis is obliged to abandon a life of stylish independence in Paris, and with it all apparent hopes of romance, to care for her elderly mother in Winchester. Laura bumps into Ben Patterson, her former boyfriend from her student days, at the county hospital where he works as a doctor. They have not seen each other for more than 20 years, but there is still a spark between them. A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4.