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Episode 8
Janet is about to be launched into society but the headstrong teenager has firm ideas about what sort of woman she might be.
Read by Rebecca Benson
Janet is clever, awkward and misunderstood in a world full of 鈥榞irlish girls鈥� and 鈥榬eal boys鈥�. As she tries to carve out a space for herself, she finds consolation in books and nature.
The headstrong teenager is about to be launched into society but, to her mother鈥檚 despair, has firm ideas about what sort of woman she might be.
Written by Elspeth Barker
Abridged by Clara Glynn
Read by Rebecca Benson
Produced by Eilidh McCreadie