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. Ben decides to leave his wife, Chloe. After his love letter to Laura is mistakenly sent to Chloe he has to act, and asks Laura to meet him one more time at the hotel where they first had dinner. A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4.