People Who Knew Me

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She must decide how to explain her lies, her secrets, her selfish decisions - and ultimately her 'widowed' husband. The stumbling block to their dreams turns out to be Drew’s mother who develops Parkinson’s disease and eventually needs full-time care. Emily Morris (played by Pike) uses the devastating 9/11 tragedy as a chance to ditch her life in New York City and head to California. 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 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. But when she is diagnosed with breast cancer she is forced to start addressing her past, a life she hasn’t told Claire or anyone about, a New York life, Emily’s life; a mess of a failed marriage, an affair and an accidental pregnancy that saw Emily fake her death post-9/11 and run away to LA. Kim Hooper’s debut novel, 'People Who Knew Me,' is not about the terrible events of 9/11 and how people reacted to them.The BBC's synopsis of the program reads as follows: "Emily Morris uses 9/11 to fake her own death and run away to start a new life in California as Connie Prynne. Connie and Claire attend a cancer support session with Paul, which causes Connie to relive painful memories of her life in New York trying to balance her work life and unhappy marriage with being a care-giver to Drew's sick Mom. Listeners will leave, because there are far more news offerings and because today’s preference is for angled reporting.

Rosamund Pike said: “Daniella’s scripts knocked me sideways – like everything Sharon Horgan works on, the story is surprising, timely, funny and moving; it’s got it all really. Emmy/Connie’s story is revealed in 2 narrative strands 14 years apart, following her decision to leave NY after 9/11.The Financial Times and its journalism are subject to a self-regulation regime under the FT Editorial Code of Practice. She must decide how to explain her lies, her secrets, her selfish decisions – and ultimately her ‘widowed’ husband. Executive Produced by Sharon Horgan, Clelia Mountford, Faye Dorn, Kira Carstensen, Seicha Turnbull and Brenna Rae Eckerson. 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. Over the course of the next fourteen years, she makes a new life for herself but is eventually forced to confront the choices buried in her past.