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Jo is now a tutor聽for the 麻豆社 Learning Zone |
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After Mum
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Eight years ago, Jo-anne Mason's mother died聽after a long illness. Unbelievably, her partner Frank's mother died without warning the same day. This double blow had a crippling effect on their relationship.聽聽
It was all so unexpected they found they that they were unable to cry on each others shoulders. It was just too hard to cope with the two sides of their grief.
Frank inherited his mother's home and went to live there by himself. He retired into himself and became a recluse.
Jo found herself alone, left her job聽and descended into the black void of depression. But after hearing Gorecki's Symphony No 3, she felt she had permission from her mum to move on with her life.
At first she walked miles and miles聽with her dogs, and set up an allotment, which helped her get back in touch with the living world.
Later she retrained聽as a teacher, learned about computers聽and now works for the 麻豆社 Learning Zone.聽
Frank returned聽after 4 months,聽but they both know that their relationship has聽been affected by their mothers dying on the same day.聽
Gorecki's Symphony No 3, performed by Dawn Upshaw and the London Sinfonietta
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