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Sophie Townsend Sophie Townsend i(A87301 works by)
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1 Corona Town Sophie Townsend , 2020 single work prose
— Appears in: Corona Tales : Part Four 2020;

'Exploring the things that made us crazy during this pandemic.'

Source: Radio National Fictions.
1 Corona Town Sophie Townsend , 2020 single work prose
— Appears in: Corona Tales : Part Three 2020;
1 The Snow Goose Sophie Townsend , 2020 single work prose
— Appears in: Corona Tales : Part Two 2020;

'Mothers and daughters, there's usually quite a bit of tension in the house. And then, they tell us that we can't leave the house.

'Producer Sophie Townsend has been watching her youngest daughter, trying to take flight. It hasn't always been pretty.'

Source: Radio National.
1 Corona Town Sophie Townsend , 2020 single work prose
— Appears in: Corona Tales : Part One 2020;

'Exploring the things that made us smile, and things that made us cry during the pandemic.'

Source: Radio National.
1 5 y separately published work icon Misconceptions Sophie Townsend , Sydney : Bantam Australia , 2008 Z1495600 2008 single work novel 'Two friends - Ruth and Mim are in their early thirties, and have known each other since they were twelve. They met when Ruth went on holiday in Mim's home town, on NSW's Central Coast, the summer after Ruth's mother died. Mim helped her through this, and they became 'friends for life'. At the beginning of the book they are living together, with Ruth's partner Simon. When Ruth becomes pregnant - after two years of desperate trying - Simon asks Mim to move out. Mim falls into free-fall panic while Ruth feels contentment and excitement about the new life that stretches before her. Ruth suffers a late-term miscarriage, which of course devastates her and Simon. The book deals with the death of Ruth and Simon's baby very explicitly and explores the ramifications closely and intimately. Mim, for the first time since Ruth's mother died, is not there. She has gone on a trip to Broken Hill, her mother's home town to escape the feelings of being left behind her friend. Ruth tries to contact her friend but Mim appears to be uninterested. Ruth does not know that Mim, as she arrived in Broken Hill, discovers that she's pregnant and has an abortion. Ruth grieves alone. Simon feels increasingly frustrated that his sadness is not taken into account by her. Ruth wants the support of Mim, her old friend, and is heartbroken by the silence. The baby's death reverberates with her mother's death and she feels as at sea as she did when she was twelve. This novel deals with difficult and dark themes but it draws to a realistic but positive conclusion. Misconceptionsis about women's bodies, women's choices. It's about the sadness we feel when we lose those close to us, our mothers, our babies, and our friends'.--(Publisher)
1 form Blisters Sophie Townsend , 2006 single work drama radio play

'As we move through life, we change, and so do our friendships. We grow closer to some people, others we drift apart from.

'Nina receives an unexpected call from Janet, the mother of her friend Isabelle. Isabelle has just died in a car accident, and in her anguish Janet needs the support of her daughter's oldest friend. She doesn't seem to be aware that the two young women were no longer close. As Nina does her best to fulfil the role asked of her, she tries to understand just what it was that caused the rift: at first slight, now forever.

'"Blisters" is a meditation upon the shifts and changes in friendships, and how we may try to cushion ourselves from memories and experiences that are too painful for us.'

Source: ABC Radio National's website: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/airplay/stories/2006/1689664.htm
Sighted: 07/08/2006
1 form Embryonics Sophie Townsend , 2005 single work drama radio play

Kate's life changed irrevocably when she saw the two little pink lines. Kate is in her late twenties, and together with partner Ben they seem to have it have it all - the nice inner-urban lifestyle of career, dinner parties, renovations and so on. But when she unexpectedly fell pregnant, she realized that was actually the one thing she wanted more than anything else.

(Source: ABC Radio National website, http://www.abc.net.au/rn/arts/airplay/s1284889.htm)
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