The podcast was produced by BBC Radio 5 Live in collaboration with Merman Productions.[1]Sharon Horgan is the executive producer of the show.[2] The show is a 10 episode adaptation of a novel of the same name written by Kim Hooper.[3] The show was written and directed by Daniella Isaacs.[4]
The show was released on BBC Sounds in May 2023 and was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 the following month.[5] The show stars Rosamund Pike as the protagonist.[6] Pike previously starred in the audio drama Edith!.[7]
The protagonist's name was Emily Morris. However, she was late for work during the 9/11 attacks and decided to fake her death and leave to start a new life with the name Connie Prynne.[10] After leaving her old life behind, Connie moves to California where she raises her daughter Claire as a single mother. Years later, Connie is diagnosed with cancer and needs to provide her daughter with support before she dies.[11] Prynne acts as an unreliable narrator for the story.[12]