I listened to this out of curiosity, I am a new parent and this came up on a google search (I read your piece on sleep in a fashion mag). Very well done and almost hard to listen to a times. Thank you for sharing.
This beautifully produced piece will tug at your heart.
It doesn't matter whether you are a parent, a child who lost a parent, or lost someone special too soon.
Leah Rumack does an excellent job bringing us with her on her journey to find about a mother she never knew.
We eavesdrop on a phone conversation (sounded like it might have been clipped at the top) and sit with her in the living room of her mother's best friend. We cry with them and we feel their pain.
Although I was jolted back to reality when she refers to her mother by her name and not mom.
Perfect piece to air for Mother's Day or to get people to call in.
If you've lost a parent at any age or know someone who has lost a parent very young this piece will bring tears to your eyes. The emotions are so real you can feel them through the radio. Very well done.
Comments for She's Just Like Me
This piece belongs to the series "CBC Radio's Outfront"
Produced by Kent Hoffman
Other pieces by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
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3 comments
Cleve Pohl
Posted on August 26, 2009 at 01:24 PM | Permalink
Thanks
I listened to this out of curiosity, I am a new parent and this came up on a google search (I read your piece on sleep in a fashion mag). Very well done and almost hard to listen to a times. Thank you for sharing.
Traci Tong
Posted on July 18, 2006 at 07:57 PM | Permalink
Review of She's Just Like Me
This beautifully produced piece will tug at your heart.
It doesn't matter whether you are a parent, a child who lost a parent, or lost someone special too soon.
Leah Rumack does an excellent job bringing us with her on her journey to find about a mother she never knew.
We eavesdrop on a phone conversation (sounded like it might have been clipped at the top) and sit with her in the living room of her mother's best friend. We cry with them and we feel their pain.
Although I was jolted back to reality when she refers to her mother by her name and not mom.
Perfect piece to air for Mother's Day or to get people to call in.
Bill Landry
Posted on March 23, 2006 at 03:21 PM | Permalink
Review of She's Just Like Me
If you've lost a parent at any age or know someone who has lost a parent very young this piece will bring tears to your eyes. The emotions are so real you can feel them through the radio. Very well done.