A heart breaking but beautiful story about a teenager, estranged from her family at that vulnerable and powerful time of her life – when she begins to step into the world. An almost unbelievable ‘one in a million’ event happens to her and she holds on for the ride. Unexpected, lively and mostly true. An irresistible character!
The story originates locally, with Maggi Guzzi, during the time I was writing SINGING THE BONES.
With SINGING THE BONES, I wanted to explore what it means to give a woman the choice of her birthplace, a place she feels safe, the people she wants to birth with, and any other Mother-generated wishes. After all, isn’t she the centre of birth? Or shouldn’t she be?
Music created by Cameron Smith for Singing the Bones, the film.
Editing and Sound design of this podcast by Gordon Halloran.
Here is a photo of my mother and my older sister Mary, in the early moments after they first met each other.
Other podcasts in the series SOME KINDA WOMAN, Stories of Us can be found here: https://caitlinhicks.com/wordpress/podcasts-some-kinda-woman/
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