We’ve Met Once Before
Family Secrets
iHeartPodcasts
4.5 • 5.2K Ratings
🗓️ 26 December 2024
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
In her quest for answers about her biological mother in South Korea, Tracy finds more—and in some ways, less—than what she’s bargained for.
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| 0:36.6 | She doesn't belong to me. I told him. and I don't belong to her. I know that. |
| 0:42.6 | So it's a no-go. |
| 0:44.5 | According to the papers, she worked at a cafe, I said. |
| 0:48.7 | I'll fly there. |
| 0:50.2 | And then, I'll see her from across the street. |
| 0:54.1 | Many in my position hoped to learn that they had been wanted by their mothers, |
| 0:58.5 | which I considered materially insignificant information. |
| 1:01.9 | But I wanted to know her, or at least know what it felt like to be near this woman. |
| 1:06.8 | If it came to it, I'd settle for being near at a distance. |
| 1:12.3 | That's Tracy O'Neill, writer, assistant professor of English at Vassar College, |
| 1:17.7 | an author of the recent memoir, Woman of Interest. |
| 1:22.1 | Tracy's story is in a way about storytelling itself, |
| 1:26.5 | the narratives we supply to fill in the blanks in our lives |
| 1:29.6 | when we're missing the foundation, the bedrock of our own origins. |
| 1:34.6 | It's also a story about determination, courage, |
| 1:38.4 | and the intense desire to know the truth, |
| 1:41.2 | even when that truth may be hard to hear. |
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