The Cost of War

Length 07:44
Licensor Blunt Youth Radio Project
Producer(s) S. Spencer Scott
Formats Commentary, Youth Produced
Topics Family, War, Youth
Produced 2005
Added to PRX July 22, 2005
 

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Summary:

Weeks after S. Spencer Scott interviewed Lavinia Gelineau about the loss of her husband Chris, a young soldier who was killed in Iraq, Lavinia herself was murdered by her abusive father. A mediation on life during wartime.

Website:

http://www.bluntradio.org

Tones:

Contemplative, Intimate, Sad

Language:

English

Description:

Blunt Youth Radio Project producer S. Spencer Scott interviewed Lavinia Gelineau about the loss of her husband Chris, a young soldier who was recently killed in Iraq. Weeks later Lavinia Gelineau was murdered by her abusive father. Scott deftly weaves the two tragedies together in a thoughtful commentary about the cost of war.

Versions of this feature originally aired on the Maine Public Broadcasting Network and on WMPG's Blunt in Portland, ME.