The Riverside, Revisited

In memory of Jan Scott-Frazier, we revisit her 2011 story called
“The Riverside” and, until now unreleased, her conversation about
the story in 2021 with narrative therapist David Newman. 
00:00 Introduction 01:34 The Riverside by Jan Scott-Frazier
(Content note: suicide) At 22, Jan moved to Japan, but was lonely,
as foreigners often feel. She began to notice a woman who visited
the same river she did, who was even more depressed. Jan
strategized how to comfort this stranger, but was too late,
discovering from the newspapers that the woman took her own
life.  15:49 Discussion: Jan Scott-Frazier & David Newman
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