Episode 33 - Chapter 27: It's always darkest before the dawn
Final chapter. After staring some of her greatest fears in the face and surviving, Kirsty realises she is stronger than she ever imagined. If that can be true for her, the girl who was born existentially depressed and chronically fearful, it's true for everybody.
Soundtrack: 'Shake It Out' by Florence & the Machine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbN0nX61rIs
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Full memoir playlist - Spotify Music & Memoir playlist
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Linktree - Everything else!
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Episode 32 - Chapter 26: I must go on standing
Kirsty ventures to Italy to work as an au pair for a 10 year-old girl but her declining health takes a toll. In spring she heads to the Greater London countryside, where she is surrounded by fragile lambs and brand new foals, as well as cheap drugs and sad men.
Soundtrack: 'Apres Moi' by Regina Spektor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efhpWuzcGYs
Shop the book (paperback & eBook):
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Full memoir playlist - Spotify Music & Memoir playlist
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Linktree - Everything else!
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Episode 31 - Chapter 25: Some things only God can forgive
Kirsty realises she had been going through life as a wounded child, but when forced to defend herself in a life or death situation, she reunites with her true self. The grown woman who had been hidden away for years comes back as protector and fighter.
Soundtrack: 'Praying' by Kesha
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-Dur3uXXCQ
Shop the book (paperback & eBook):
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Full memoir playlist - Spotify Music & Memoir playlist
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Linktree - Everything else!
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Episode 30 - Chapter 24: I haven't seen Barbados, so I must get out of this
When a first date turns ugly Kirsty's new found sobriety is challenged. She finally understands that no-one is coming to save her, and claiming her life back is up to her, and only her.
Soundtrack: 'Me and a Gun' by Tori Amos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jjaiM71CtI
Shop the book (paperback & eBook):
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Full memoir playlist - Spotify Music & Memoir playlist
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Linktree - Everything else!
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Episode 29 - Chapter 23: I'm ready to release
Kirsty finds comfort in the women she meets at the SLAA and CODA meetings she attends. Women who have been beaten down, largely by men, work together to build each back up. Kirsty is able to see that despite feeling stuck in her heartache, she is making tiny steps toward healing.
Soundtrack: 'Release' by George
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdqhy2sDL5w
Shop the book (paperback & eBook):
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Full memoir playlist - Spotify Music & Memoir playlist
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Linktree - Everything else!
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This is the audiobook-podcast for Kirsten Moore's debut memoir, 'Gutter Glitter'. Each week follow along with Kirsty as she reads a chapter from her book. Blurb: Did you know that guinea pigs are so sensitive that the slightest change in environment can shock them to death? That’s me. I am the guinea pig. Kirsten Moore’s debut memoir Gutter Glitter follows Kirsty as she navigates debilitating childhood anxiety and anorexia, followed by life-altering spinal surgery and subsequent opioid abuse. Her history with mental illness is compounded when she experiences three significant losses within six months. Kirsty uses her sardonic wit and self-deprecating humour to reflect on the absurdity that can come from the most dire circumstances. Ultimately, Gutter Glitter chronicles Kirsty’s evolution from trembling guinea pig to twerking warrior as she reminds us that we are all '100% dat bitch!'
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