91福利社

'Mother was tall and willowy and had a smile that made other people smile too and a laugh that caused strangers to look up with pleasure...If you were square and solid and without colour and grace it was sometimes easy to hate Mother.'

On the eve of her 16th birthday, a teenager contends with her perfect mother鈥檚 looks and outlook.

Stella McCusker reads Maeve Binchey鈥檚 short story.

Produced at 91福利社 Northern Ireland by Eoin O'Callaghan.

First broadcast on 91福利社 Radio 4 in June 1989.