Kate Rowe

What were you charged with?

And when they said that to you, were you too frightened to laugh?

So now we move forward to 1987 and this is one of the darkest episodes in your book.

You had fallen in love with a woman living in different houses though and then one night you write that your home was invaded and you were sexually assaulted by a man with a knife.

This is utterly traumatic and terrifying.

Afterwards, you called a rape crisis centre?

Why with the dog?

Were they still able to collect compelling evidence?

Yes.

Had there been similar incidents in the area from this same man?

This is pure misogyny, is it?

She was too upset to draft it properly, was she?

This man's never been identified?

And what about trust issues, particularly around men?

How do you spend your days now, Kate, now that you're in your 70s?

What do you mean by spiritual experience?

Sorry, that's not funny.

You got an Epiphany and Gardia.

As you've been talking, Kate, I mean, there's a lot of conversation that goes on at the moment about how bad things are and how much worse they're getting in the world.

I'm reminded hearing your story of how much better things are in a whole lot of respects.