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What a sad and fascinating childhood Pauline Dakin had. I really liked her telling of it, which goes through her story chronologically, talking to family and friends, trying to tell us what it was like to be inside this story at the time. She tells her story with compassion and regret, and the result is a moving look back at a childhood that was unlike almost any other.

pretty insane and great story, but i didn't like the podcast itself: too self-important, kind of unidimensional, very repetitive, and in the interviews in which she asks people very close to her about their shared life experiences, the questions feel like cues rather than actual questions; despite how exciting the story should feel, it is somehow not gripping at all and almost kind of dull. i feel a different retelling of this story could be awesome. 2.5/5