People Who Knew Me

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I knew, even then, well before I’d seen the worst of it, that it might not be good news that Parkinson’s wasn’t terminal. The worst thing is, I thought the author had potential, but she bit off more than she could deal with in this idea. Listening to People Who Knew Me feels like a brain work-out, like an enigma code that needs cracking.

A young cynic in 1992, Emily develops into a good judge of character, choosing her friends carefully in New York and marrying young. In every family (thank goodness) there’s a saintly child who takes on the burdens of caregiving but what if you’re the one married to that saint?It is instead a close and affecting study of how the choices we make, both the altruistic and the most selfish equally, expose life’s tragic truths. Connie starts chemotherapy and tries to ignore the advances of fellow patient, Paul, as she delves back to her past to try to figure out where it all went wrong with Emily’s husband Drew. She was such a coward and she didn’t show any remorse for the people she hurt by leaving them behind. Long after each instalment, you'll find yourself reflecting on what Emily told you, on what she allowed you to know.

I am excited for people to hear what we've made – the wonderful thing about audio drama is that, when done well, it can feel like eavesdropping on very, very private conversation. I wanted to adapt the book into something that played into the inherent confessional quality of the audio medium.

Connie starts chemotherapy and tries to ignore the advances of fellow patient, Paul, as she delves back to her past to try to figure out. First we follow Emily in her college years when she meets Drew and falls hopelessly and helplessly in love. People Who Knew Me episodes arrive Tuesdays and Thursdays on BBC Sounds, with episodes 1 and 2 available now.

Photograph: BBC Sounds View image in fullscreen ‘Bristling, sharp, seductive’: Rosamund Pike in People Who Knew Me. The Facebook thing really did mystify me, especially from an author’s POV — why rob your narrative of a good confrontation face-to-face? Please contact me if you need podcast production support (editing, scriptwriting or sound design) from an award-winning producer for your upcoming projects! But the station has completely revamped itself around its scheduling pillars, offering a wide variety of new programmes, most of which have worked.Your current subscription allows you to be actively logged in on up to three (3) devices simultaneously. It's clear there has been huge trauma in Emily's life that it's hard not to be drawn to her as you strain with every sentence to understand her story deeper. Two diseases, Parkinson’s and breast cancer, are central to the plot and character development in 'People Who Knew Me. The stress of trying to support her husband and his terminally-ill mother while pregnant with another man’s child unhinges Emily.