My Dad was a Fugitive: A Life on the Run: Tyler Wetherall
Good Life Project
Jonathan Fields / Acast
4.5 • 3.4K Ratings
🗓️ 23 April 2018
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
Tyler Wetherall didn't know her dad was a fugitive, until Scotland Yard came knocking. As a child, Wetherall's family was constantly changing countries and homes. But, to her, that was just "how things were. Life was an exciting adventure, until it all came crashing down and she realized the family had been on the run and the dad she loved so deeply was the one they were after.
Now, a British writer and journalist living in New York, in her memoir, No Way Home, Tyler shares this journey, how she discovered the truth, navigated the fraught relationship with her father and found a new normal. We dive into her life and also the decision to write a book that would reveal her and her family's secrets and how she created something that was true to her experience, while being respectful of those involved.
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| 0:00.0 | That was wanted by the police and he was going on the run or had gone on the run and we |
| 0:10.3 | weren't going to see him for a little while and it might be some time before everything |
| 0:15.1 | was sorted. |
| 0:19.3 | So imagine this, you wake up one day, you're nine years old and you find out that Scotland |
| 0:26.6 | Yard is at your door. |
| 0:29.0 | Your mom is being questioned and your dad is on the lamb, a fugitive, but you have no idea |
| 0:36.7 | a fugitive from what? |
| 0:39.1 | Because as far as you know, your entire life has been kind of fun, kind of mystical. |
| 0:45.6 | Forget the fact that you've been bouncing around and moving and living in 13 countries. |
| 0:50.9 | This was just a great life. |
| 0:53.1 | Then everything starts to unfold and you learn the truth about who your family really |
| 0:59.2 | is, about who you really are and then have to grapple with that. |
| 1:03.8 | Well that is the story of today's guest, Tyler Weatherall, who's the author of a really |
| 1:09.1 | fascinating, compelling new book also called No Way Home. |
| 1:12.4 | So one more thing before we dive in, it's about our once a year gathering camp GLP, which |
| 1:17.2 | is short for Kim Goodlife project. |
| 1:19.2 | So imagine stepping out of your day to day life and just dropping into this gorgeous |
| 1:23.1 | 130 acre natural playground for three and a half days of learning, laughing, moving your |
| 1:28.5 | body, comping your brain and reconnecting with people who just see the world the way that |
| 1:33.5 | you do and accept you as you are. |
| 1:35.4 | No facade, no posturing, just straight up you. |
| 1:38.5 | Well, that's what we've created with camp GLP. |
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