I recently listened to the podcast that is built of three separate parts.
The first one presents the story of Lisa Francesca Nand who miscarried twice.
The first miscarriage was in the twelfth week and the second just after the
eighth week of pregnancy. After that Lisa was took a lot of medication and she
was bleeding for six weeks. She was very sad for some time. Even so, she thinks
she is lucky anyway compared to other people she has spoken to who experienced
a few miscarriages. Fortunately, now she is pregnant. Her two children are
healthy. After her drama, she and her husband decided to break the silence and
talk about it openly. They made a documentary 'First Heartbeat'. In their film,
they present their personal journey with miscarriages and other people who
experienced the same. They also talk about three women who experienced miscarriages,
two of whom are expecting babies and one who is still trying. Finally, she says
that a miscarriage takes away all the magic of a positive pregnancy experience and
it is necessary to talk about it openly to help the other families. The second
part presents Miranda Richardson who won an award for the Women's Prize for
Fiction. She wrote a book “May we be forgiven”. This book is about two
brothers. The older, George, bullies the younger, Harry, but after George’s
accident, Harry takes care of him despite he was previously treated like dirt. This story
shows a familiar bond. Miranda thinks that a book is shows the possibility of
forgiveness. The last part tells about residential care homes. Jo Morris talks
about Natalie, a young woman, who is preparing to leave the children's home and
Martin Crewe, Children's Services Director for Barnardos, describes the
challenges that wait for young people like Natalie after leaving care homes. He
says that after leaving care homes a lot of young people live in deprived
areas, commit suicides and get homeless. To prevent that the British government
is preparing reforms in that area.
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