HOPE
ENDURES
Audio
Margaret Throsby, Mornings with Margaret Throsby, ABC Classic FM, Australia, 19 November 2008
The format for Mornings with Margaret Throsby is that the interview subject chooses a selection of music to be played during the interview. Colette's choices include works by Rachmaninov, Yothu Yindi, Handel and Leonard Cohen.
listen to interview (mp3, 37:59 min, 53mb)
Richard Fidler, The Conversation Hour, ABC Radio, Australia, 18 November 2008
"Colette Livermore left her home, her family and plans to study medicine to join Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity. Her memoir about her years in the Order is called Hope Endures."
listen to interview (mp3, 52:25 min, 12mb)
Rachael Kohn, The Spirit of Things, ABC Radio, Australia, 23 November 2008
"Mother Teresa's selfless care of the sick and dying is what attracted Colette Livermore to follow in her footsteps. Joining the Missionaries of Charity at 18, Colette worked among the destitute in Kolkata, Papua New Guinea and Manila. She eventually left the order, dissillusioned and with a crisis of faith, and later became a doctor. Colette's memoir - the first ever written about life as a nun in Mother Teresa's order - is a journey from certainty to doubt, and she recounts the highs and lows of her journey to Rachael Kohn."
listen to interview (mp3, 25mb)
Al Vouna, The Public Eye, WICN Radio, New England, USA, December 2008
"A compelling chronicle of idealistic determination, rigid discipline and shattering disillusionment. Livermore demonstrates the internal frustration and anguish that kept her constantly questioning her role in the world. This eventually led her to a new career from nun to doctor and now author."
listen to interview (mp3, 24:57 min, 10mb)
Krys Boyd, Think, KERA Radio, Texas, USA, December 2008
"What is the true nature of religious faith? We'll get one perspective this hour with former nun Colette Livermore who spent eleven years in Mother Teresa's order Missionaries of Charity. Her new memoir is "Hope Endures: Leaving Mother Teresa, Losing Faith, and Searching for Meaning".
listen to interview (mp3, 23mb)