Adele Bertei Interview Episode 14

Matt Crawford speaks with author Adele Bertei about her book, Twist: An American Girl. Adele Bertei takes us back to her childhood and the movement that was the 60's and 70's. Spoken through her shield of an avatar Maddie Twist, Bertei takes us back to her childhood growing up poor with an ill mother and an abusive father. Separated from her brothers and put into the foster care system, music and imagination were the ways in which she coped and overcame. She also reveals what it was like to be a queer teen and have to hide her true emotions. This is a memoir of hope and perseverance that will lift anyone's spirit and inspire.