#1232 Fascination

A fascination with the fate of those who show great early talent remained with me. Then in 1981, I happened upon a radio documentary ___ Hephzibah, who died earlier that year. Produced and narrated for the Australian Broadcasting Commission's The Coming Out Show by the influential feminist commentator and academic Eva Cox — who was, I learnt for the first time, Hephzibah's stepdaughter — it ___ interviews with Hephzibah and with those who had ___ her. I heard her light, precise voice with its slightly Germanic vowels and hint of an American ___ as she spoke about things that were important to her, and I was drawn to her warmth, thoughtfulness and humor.