This was an incredible book, I just finished it this morning and was interested to learn more. Thank you for this interview! What a strong And determined woman! I appreciate what she said about being fully present with our children ❤ THANK YOU!
I read the book and believe her account. There is nothing odd about two different people having two different recollections of events, or even two different experiences from the same events. For anyone who actually did read the book, it does not come across as mean spirited. It very much does come across as someone, who is now an adult, trying to make sense of their childhood. The fact that brother and father challenge her account is not all that odd. Interestingly, neither father nor brother dispute her core issue…that for ten years, she was unable to go to school, for ten years, she grew up on a small boat, and was eventually dropped of in NZ to fend for herself. Neither father nor brother dispute this. They simple seem to think, it wasn’t that bad, things turned out ok in the end, so why is she complaining?
@@XxBloggsjust out of curiosity, were you there or do you know someone who was. I’m new to this story and curious about the very different sides of the story. The 7 brain surgeries sounds extreme when Gordon says she got a bump on her head and a heamatoma that needed to be cut to let the blood out. Surely there would be a recorded history of this somewhere. Also where she says she had to sleep in the same space as the crew and her brother says they were in their own 2 berth cabin with a lockable door. Very curious
This was an incredible book, I just finished it this morning and was interested to learn more. Thank you for this interview! What a strong And determined woman! I appreciate what she said about being fully present with our children ❤ THANK YOU!
Yes, she is super impressive. It's an inspirational (and often upsetting) story, isnt it?
I read the book and believe her account. There is nothing odd about two different people having two different recollections of events, or even two different experiences from the same events. For anyone who actually did read the book, it does not come across as mean spirited. It very much does come across as someone, who is now an adult, trying to make sense of their childhood. The fact that brother and father challenge her account is not all that odd. Interestingly, neither father nor brother dispute her core issue…that for ten years, she was unable to go to school, for ten years, she grew up on a small boat, and was eventually dropped of in NZ to fend for herself. Neither father nor brother dispute this. They simple seem to think, it wasn’t that bad, things turned out ok in the end, so why is she complaining?
If you believe this account you’re fooling yourself. Anyone who was there doesn’t support it. If you only knew the truth.
@@XxBloggsjust out of curiosity, were you there or do you know someone who was. I’m new to this story and curious about the very different sides of the story. The 7 brain surgeries sounds extreme when Gordon says she got a bump on her head and a heamatoma that needed to be cut to let the blood out. Surely there would be a recorded history of this somewhere. Also where she says she had to sleep in the same space as the crew and her brother says they were in their own 2 berth cabin with a lockable door. Very curious
Fascinating interview. Thank you