Independence is a family story in Spoken Stories Independence
Updated / Tuesday, 2 Mar 2021
14:54
St Alban's Drive is the new short story by writer Danielle McLaughlin for
Spoken Stories Independence, read for the series by award-winning actor Marty Rea - listen to
St Alban's Drive above.
In
St Alban's Drive the relationship of Tom, a university history lecturer, and his partner Izzy, is strained, but close and loving. His sense of the loss of his father is palpable. She is haunted by the world's injustices which she confronts through drawing. Things are heightened by Tom’s mother’s objection to an Integration Centre for asylum seekers opening near her home.