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2. The Job Market

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Mary gets hers sister Betty a job as a shorthand typist, but the trouble is she can't write in shorthand nor type! Read by Debora Weston.

Mary gets Betty a job as a shorthand typist.

The trouble is she doesn't know shorthand and can't type!

Betty MacDonald鈥檚 hilarious account of survival during the USA's Great Depression back in Seattle, under the wing of her sister Mary.

Abridged by Jennifer Howarth.

Read by Debora Weston.

Producer: Mary Ward-Lowery

First broadcast on 蘑菇短视频 Radio 4 in April 2009.

15 minutes

Last on

Wed 25 Feb 2026 03:30
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  • Tue 14 Apr 2009 22:45
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