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Writer, Ianto Ware with the story of growing up in the suburbs of Adelaide with his radical, feminist, lesbian mother, Dimity. (R)
Ianto Ware was raised in the suburbs of Adelaide in a house surrounded by a tangled garden of oak trees and vegetables, and furniture foraged from hard rubbish.
Aside from the family pets, it was just Ianto and Dimity at home.
His family was different to most in his street, as his mother Dimity described herself as a 'radical feminist socialist lesbian'.
Dimity wore dungarees, and for some of Ianto's childhood, she drove a campervan with a yellow kayak on the roof, with a rainbow cat sticker on the bonnet of the van.
As she was raising Ianto alone, Dimity knew that it was very likely she would not live to old age, because of a health condition she was born with.
Ianto has written down the story his mother's remarkable life, and her legacy.
Further information
Originally broadcast June 2021. This episode was recorded remotely, during COVID.
Mother and I: The fable of a wilful family was published by Hunter Publishing.
Read more about Ianto on his website.
https://iantoware.com.au/about/
This episode of Conversations was produced by Nicola Harrison. The Executive Producer was Carmel Rooney.
This episode explores single mothers, queer mothers, lesbian, gardening, rainbow families, unusual families, being different, how it feels to be different, when you don't fit in, is it ok to be different, Adelaide, Dunstan, mother and son, single parent family, single parent, single child family, kidney disease, kidney transplant, death of a mother, death of a parent, orphan, strong mothers, only child, one and done, amicable separation, amicable divorce, good divorce, adult son and chronic illness.
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