The Forgotten Girls By Monica Potts

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Duration

15 minutes
18 minutes

Genre

Arts
Factual
Families And Relationships
Culture And The Media

Station

Radio 4

Episodes

Episode	Title	First Broadcast	Comments
01	Book Of The Week: Ep 1, Growing Up In Rural America	20230717	Monica Potts new book is a powerful account of friendship, ambition and lost promise in 21st century rural America. Today, she goes back to Clinton, the small town in the Ozarks where she grew up. Recollecting her childhood prompts questions about cycles of hardship in the poorest of American communities, and her own past. Kelly Burke reads. Monica Potts is an acclaimed journalist and here she sets out to understand generational cycles of poverty and hardship that continue to blight the lives of rural communities in contemporary America. At the same time, she reconnects with her childhood friend, Darci, and the big economic and social questions she's asking become personal. Darci, her talented and brilliant friend was now homeless, jobless and an addict. Her fate could have been Monica's, and so begins a journey to find out why the two women's lives took such different paths. Abridged by Julian Wilkinson A powerful story about friendship and lost promise in 21st-century rural America. A gripping and unforgettable story of friendship and lost promise in 21st-century America.
02	Book Of The Week: Ep 2, Church And Religion In Rural America	20230718	In Monica Potts' powerful book about friendship, and lost promise in 21st century rural America she reflects on the role of religion, and recalls becoming a teenager in the 1990s,and her 'boy crazy' friends. Kelly Burke reads. Monica Potts is an acclaimed journalist and here she sets out to understand generational cycles of poverty and hardship that continue to blight the lives of rural communities in contemporary America. At the same time, she reconnects with her childhood friend, Darci, and the big economic and social questions she's asking become personal. Darci, her talented and brilliant friend was now homeless, jobless and an addict. Her fate could have been Monica's, and so begins a journey to find out why the two women's lives took such different paths. Abridged by Julian Wilkinson Reflections on religiosity in rural America, and going 'boy crazy' in the teenage years. A gripping and unforgettable story of friendship and lost promise in 21st-century America.
03	Book Of The Week: Ep 3, Goals, Dreams And Education	20230719	In Monica Potts' powerful book about friendship and lost promise in 21st rural America she finds that her dreams depend on education and, frustratingly, chance. Meanwhile, Darci takes a different direction, and in young adulthood the friends' paths and life chances diverge. Kelly Burke reads. Monica Potts is an acclaimed journalist and here she sets out to understand generational cycles of poverty and hardship that continue to blight the lives of rural communities in contemporary America. At the same time, she reconnects with her childhood friend, Darci, and the big economic and social questions she's asking become personal. Darci, her talented and brilliant friend was now homeless, jobless and an addict. Her fate could have been Monica's, and so begins a journey to find out why the two women's lives took such different paths. Abridged by Julian Wilkinson In this story of friendship and lost promise in rural America, education plays its part. A gripping and unforgettable story of friendship and lost promise in 21st-century America.
04	Book Of The Week: Ep 4, Trauma Through The Generations	20230720	In Monica Potts' powerful account of friendship, ambition & lost promise in rural America she uncovers past secrets & discovers that trauma & motherhood cross the generations. Kelly Burke reads. Monica Potts is an acclaimed journalist and here she sets out to understand generational cycles of poverty and hardship that continue to blight the lives of rural communities in contemporary America. At the same time, she reconnects with her childhood friend, Darci, and the big economic and social questions she's asking become personal. Darci, her talented and brilliant friend was now homeless, jobless and an addict. Her fate could have been Monica's, and so begins a journey to find out why the two women's lives took such different paths. Abridged by Julian Wilkinson In this story of friendship and lost promise in rural America, trauma is always close by. A gripping and unforgettable story of friendship and lost promise in 21st-century America.
05	Book Of The Week: Ep 5, A Downward Spiral	20230721	In Monica Potts' book about friendship and lost promise. It's 2015 and Clinton, Monica's home town in the heart of rural America is in steep decline, at the same time, Darci's hopes and dreams have been replaced by a downward spiral of addiction and anxiety. Kelly Burke reads. Monica Potts is an acclaimed journalist and here she sets out to understand generational cycles of poverty and hardship that continue to blight the lives of rural communities in contemporary America. At the same time, she reconnects with her childhood friend, Darci, and the big economic and social questions she's asking become personal. Darci, her talented and brilliant friend was now homeless, jobless and an addict. Her fate could have been Monica's, and so begins a journey to find out why the two women's lives took such different paths. Abridged by Julian Wilkinson In this story of friendship & lost promise in rural American failed dreams lead to decline A gripping and unforgettable story of friendship and lost promise in 21st-century America.

Episodes

Episode	Title	First Broadcast	Comments
01	Book Of The Week: Ep 1, Growing Up In Rural America	20230717	Monica Potts new book is a powerful account of friendship, ambition and lost promise in 21st century rural America. Today, she goes back to Clinton, the small town in the Ozarks where she grew up. Recollecting her childhood prompts questions about cycles of hardship in the poorest of American communities, and her own past. Kelly Burke reads. Monica Potts is an acclaimed journalist and here she sets out to understand generational cycles of poverty and hardship that continue to blight the lives of rural communities in contemporary America. At the same time, she reconnects with her childhood friend, Darci, and the big economic and social questions she's asking become personal. Darci, her talented and brilliant friend was now homeless, jobless and an addict. Her fate could have been Monica's, and so begins a journey to find out why the two women's lives took such different paths. Abridged by Julian Wilkinson A powerful story about friendship and lost promise in 21st-century rural America. A gripping and unforgettable story of friendship and lost promise in 21st-century America.
02	Book Of The Week: Ep 2, Church And Religion In Rural America	20230718	In Monica Potts' powerful book about friendship, and lost promise in 21st century rural America she reflects on the role of religion, and recalls becoming a teenager in the 1990s,and her 'boy crazy' friends. Kelly Burke reads. Monica Potts is an acclaimed journalist and here she sets out to understand generational cycles of poverty and hardship that continue to blight the lives of rural communities in contemporary America. At the same time, she reconnects with her childhood friend, Darci, and the big economic and social questions she's asking become personal. Darci, her talented and brilliant friend was now homeless, jobless and an addict. Her fate could have been Monica's, and so begins a journey to find out why the two women's lives took such different paths. Abridged by Julian Wilkinson Reflections on religiosity in rural America, and going 'boy crazy' in the teenage years. A gripping and unforgettable story of friendship and lost promise in 21st-century America.
03	Book Of The Week: Ep 3, Goals, Dreams And Education	20230719	In Monica Potts' powerful book about friendship and lost promise in 21st rural America she finds that her dreams depend on education and, frustratingly, chance. Meanwhile, Darci takes a different direction, and in young adulthood the friends' paths and life chances diverge. Kelly Burke reads. Monica Potts is an acclaimed journalist and here she sets out to understand generational cycles of poverty and hardship that continue to blight the lives of rural communities in contemporary America. At the same time, she reconnects with her childhood friend, Darci, and the big economic and social questions she's asking become personal. Darci, her talented and brilliant friend was now homeless, jobless and an addict. Her fate could have been Monica's, and so begins a journey to find out why the two women's lives took such different paths. Abridged by Julian Wilkinson In this story of friendship and lost promise in rural America, education plays its part. A gripping and unforgettable story of friendship and lost promise in 21st-century America.
04	Book Of The Week: Ep 4, Trauma Through The Generations	20230720	In Monica Potts' powerful account of friendship, ambition & lost promise in rural America she uncovers past secrets & discovers that trauma & motherhood cross the generations. Kelly Burke reads. Monica Potts is an acclaimed journalist and here she sets out to understand generational cycles of poverty and hardship that continue to blight the lives of rural communities in contemporary America. At the same time, she reconnects with her childhood friend, Darci, and the big economic and social questions she's asking become personal. Darci, her talented and brilliant friend was now homeless, jobless and an addict. Her fate could have been Monica's, and so begins a journey to find out why the two women's lives took such different paths. Abridged by Julian Wilkinson In this story of friendship and lost promise in rural America, trauma is always close by. A gripping and unforgettable story of friendship and lost promise in 21st-century America.
05	Book Of The Week: Ep 5, A Downward Spiral	20230721	In Monica Potts' book about friendship and lost promise. It's 2015 and Clinton, Monica's home town in the heart of rural America is in steep decline, at the same time, Darci's hopes and dreams have been replaced by a downward spiral of addiction and anxiety. Kelly Burke reads. Monica Potts is an acclaimed journalist and here she sets out to understand generational cycles of poverty and hardship that continue to blight the lives of rural communities in contemporary America. At the same time, she reconnects with her childhood friend, Darci, and the big economic and social questions she's asking become personal. Darci, her talented and brilliant friend was now homeless, jobless and an addict. Her fate could have been Monica's, and so begins a journey to find out why the two women's lives took such different paths. Abridged by Julian Wilkinson In this story of friendship & lost promise in rural American failed dreams lead to decline A gripping and unforgettable story of friendship and lost promise in 21st-century America.