The last few years of Abi Morgan’s life would make an incredible TV show, although you might not believe it because of the plot twists. One of those twists is that Abi herself is an Emmy-award-winning screenwriter of movies like Iron Lady, with Meryl Streep, and TV dramas like The Split.
But nothing could have prepared her for the cascading series of events that began on a very ordinary day. The crescendo of this story is that, after waking up from a coma, Abi's partner of 20 years didn't recognise her. And only her...
Listen to the second half of Mia's conversation with Abi here.
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With thanks to Abi Morgan
You can buy her book This Is Not A Pity Memoir here
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CREDITS:
Host: Mia Freedman. You can find Mia on Instagram here and get her newsletter here.
Executive Producer: Elissa Ratliff
Assistant Producer: Emmeline Peterson
Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.
