Growing Up in The System > Comments > "Please make a sequel!"
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- Elizabeth Yeoman
- Username: eyeoman
- Location: St. John's, Canada
- Joined PRX: Jun 05, 2005
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- "Growing Up in The System"
- Summary: WNYC Radio Rookie, Shirley Diaz's life has been shaped by the tragedy of her mother's murder and having been raised in several foster homes. To avoid being consumed by loss, Shirley tries to make sense of it all.
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Please make a sequel!
Elizabeth Yeoman
Posted on November 13, 2009 at 03:32 PM
Star's eloquent and articulate voice is extraordinary. Her story, juxtaposed with her equally articulate sister's very different take on the same events, is moving and compelling. The listener is drawn in and compelled to root for Star, who has been through so much yet is completely without self pity and still able to forgive and to hope. Hard to believe she did not have a job when she seems to have such talent for radio!