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Hendrika de Vries, Open Turns: Memoir of Champion Swimmer in 1950s Australia...Ep197
Hendrika
de Vries is a retired family therapist, a teacher, and a
writer, chronicling her life experiences with oppression and
resistance in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam, migration, competitive
swimming, and misogyny in 1950s Australia. A fierce feminist and
activist, de Vries infuses her writing with historical depth and
personal perspective on challenges facing women and anyone deemed
other. She is the author of When a Toy Dog Became a Wolf and the
Moon Broke Curfew, award-winning memoir of her WWII childhood.
and OPEN TURNS: From Dutch Girl to New Australian, which tells
the story of her coming-of-age experience as an immigrant and a
champion swimmer in 1950s Australia. Her writing has also appeared in
The New York Times and the LA Times. She lives in Santa
Barbara, CA. Find out more about her at www.agirlfromamsterdam.com.
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Hendrika
de Vries is a retired family therapist, a teacher, and a
writer, chronicling her life experiences with oppression and
resistance in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam, migration, competitive
swimming, and misogyny in 1950s Australia. A fierce feminist and
activist, de Vries infuses her writing with historical depth and
personal perspective on challenges facing women and anyone deemed
other. She is the author of When a Toy Dog Became a Wolf and the
Moon Broke Curfew, award-winning memoir of her WWII childhood.
and OPEN TURNS: From Dutch Girl to New Australian, which tells
the story of her coming-of-age experience as an immigrant and a
champion swimmer in 1950s Australia. Her writing has also appeared in
The New York Times and the LA Times. She lives in Santa
Barbara, CA. Find out more about her at www.agirlfromamsterdam.com.
Get
involved and support the show directly
at https://bit.ly/givetoHHSpodcast
Find
all episodes http://www.hearhersports.com/
Sign
up for Hear Her Sports newsletter at
https://bit.ly/HHSnewsletter
FollowHendrikaon
FollowHendrikaon
Instagram athendrika.devries.92/
and
Goodreads at
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/19131035.Hendrika_de_Vries
Find
out more about Hendrika
on her website at https://agirlfromamsterdam.com/
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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