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EPISODE · Apr 19, 2026 · 6 MIN

Simply Beside Herself #author Judith Katherine

from Yellow Shelf Podcast · host Johanna Fink, Host of Yellow Shelf

When 72-year-old Elizabeth sees a dead body - her own - on a park bench, she knows it's a sign that it's time for her to make some big changes in her life.She has recently moved into the heavily regimented nursing home The Cloisters and, after becoming a widow, has lost all sense of herself and her life. Jolted suddenly out of the greyness of her life, she performs a daring abscondence from the suffocating Cloisters and sets off in search of a better future - and a reconnection with her past.Elizabeth's sudden disappearance throws her daughter Ellen's life into disarray - she has to frantically search for her mother while trying to hold her fracturing family together. Overwhelmed and feeling isolated, the two eventually come together to make a series of audacious escapes to better futures. They each discover how easy it is to get lost, and how important it is to be found again.To connect with Judith ...https://www.judithkatherine.com.au/https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Simply-Beside-Herself/Judith-Katherine/9781761637841 

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When 72-year-old Elizabeth sees a dead body - her own - on a park bench, she knows it's a sign that it's time for her to make some big changes in her life. She has recently moved into the heavily regimented nursing home The Cloisters and, after becoming a widow, has lost all sense of herself and her life. Jolted suddenly out of the greyness of her life, she performs a daring abscondence from the suffocating Cloisters and sets off in search of a better future - and a reconnection with her pas...

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