Four Thought - Amber Dermont: The Benefits of an Unhappy Childhood
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Amber Dermont explains the benefits of an unhappy childhood.
"Though my parents were caring people, I could not escape my own sense of despair," she says. She discusses the influence of sadness on the imagination, and describes how this upbringing took her on a journey that gradually helped her imagine a life for herself as a fiction writer.
Four Thought is a series of talks which combine new ideas and personal stories. Speakers explain their latest thinking on the trends and ideas in culture and society in front of a live audience.
Producer: Giles Edwards.
Published on Wednesday, 5th December 2012.
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