• Judy King on a childhood betrayed and reclaimed in 'Agnes'

  • Dec 22 2024
  • Length: 21 mins
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Judy King on a childhood betrayed and reclaimed in 'Agnes'

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  • After a 30-year absence Agnes is returning to Australia, the country of her birth, at the behest of her aging, narcissistic mother. Having undergone a long period of psychotherapy she now entertains a hope that burning questions will be answered, haunting mysteries solved, and buried memories encouraged into the light. Something has blighted her life since childhood. Something has cast a long shadow over her existence, affecting her ability to grasp at life fully, to develop sustained relationships and to appreciate her own sense of self-worth.

    In a leafy suburb of Sydney, a chance meeting in front of her early childhood home resurrects memories of a traumatic event. This represents the moment young Agnes starts to realise, and repress, feelings of confusion, cruelty and alienation from those who should love her the most. Agnes – A childhood betrayed and reclaimed is the revelatory, true account of one woman’s determination to grapple with - and heal - the ills that have beset her past.

    In this episode Gregory Dobbs chats to Judy king about when a memoir becomes a novel, how remembering can influence the shape of a novel, and how creativity can lead to redemption.
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