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A ship is hit by a torpedo and one woman’s terrifying account of what followed is recalled. Read by Fenella Woolgar.

Virginia Nicholson's evocative account of the Second World War is told through a multitude of individual women's experiences.

As their stories unfold, we discover how they loved, suffered, laughed, grieved and dared.

A ship is hit by a torpedo, and Mary Cornish's terrifying account of the hours and days that followed is recalled.

Abridged by Doreen Estall.

Read by Fenella Woolgar.

Producer: Elizabeth Allard.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2011.

15 minutes

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Tuesday 08:30
BBC Radio 4 Extra

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  • Tue 3 May 2011 09:45
    BBC Radio 4 FM
  • Wed 4 May 2011 00:30
    BBC Radio 4
  • Tuesday 08:30
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Tuesday 13:30
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Tuesday 19:30
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  • Next Wednesday 03:30
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