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Tessa Hadley Reads “The Maths Tutor”

Jul 17, 2023

42:29

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Episode notes

Introduction

3min

Lorraine's Life and Times

3min

The Little Flame of Love Affairs

3min

The Power of Patois

3min

Quentin's Love for Lorraine

5min

The Attraction of Quent and Lorraine

3min

Lorraine's Memoirs

3min

The Importance of Courage

4min

The Unforgiving Clarity of Life

4min

10.

The Life of Lorraine and Quent

4min

11.

The Letter to Lorraine

4min

12.

Quentin's Fear of Lorraine

2min

13.

So Late in the Day by Claire Keegan

3min

Tessa Hadley reads her story “The Maths Tutor,” which appeared in the July 24, 2023, issue of the magazine. Hadley has published twelve books of fiction, including the novels “Free Love’ and “The Past,” and the story collections “Bad Dreams” and “After the Funeral.” She is a winner of the 2016 Windham Campbell Literature Prize.

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