Episode 1
Isma was prepared for the interrogation of a missed flight, but not for the humiliation. Read by Lisa Zahra and Sanjeev Bhaskar.
Isma was going to miss her flight.
She had expected the interrogation, had practised for it, but not the hours of waiting beforehand, or the humiliation.
Home Fire is about identity, conflicting loyalties, love and politics: a book for our times.
Isma and Aneeka must keep a secret about their younger brother for their own protection and his.
This breathtakingly topical, powerful thriller by Kamila Shamsie won the 2018 Women's Prize for Fiction and was Book of the Year for all the major UK Newspapers.
Omnibus of the first five of ten episodes abridged by Sara Davies.
Read by Lisa Zahra and Sanjeev Bhaskar.
Producer: Mary Ward-Lowery
First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 4 in April 2019.
Last on
More episodes
Previous
You are at the first episode
Next
Broadcasts
- Sun 7 Apr 2019 14:30麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
- Mon 8 Apr 2019 02:30麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
- Sun 13 Nov 2022 13:00麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
- Mon 14 Nov 2022 01:00麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra