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When Queenie’s husband Bernand doesn’t return after the war she offers rooms to lodgers to stay afloat. But her house guests are not welcomed by everyone in the neighbourhood. Andrea Levy's award-winning novel exploring empire, prejudice, war and love in Jamaica, England, America and India. Dramatised by Pat Cumper Gilbert ... Don Gilet Queenie ... Lyndsey Marshal Mr Todd ... Kim Wall Hortense ... Nadine Marshall Bernard ... Stephen Tompkinson Other parts played by: Elizabeth Bell Mark Straker Music by Felix Cross Director: Sally Avens First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2006.
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