The family was associated with immense political influence and a position of anti-Communism since before World War II. Her great-grandmother was philanthropist Phoebe Hearst. Hearst's grandfather, William Randolph Hearst, created the largest newspaper, magazine, newsreel, and movie business in the world. Her sentence was commuted by President Jimmy Carter, and she was later pardoned by President Bill Clinton. In 1976, she was convicted for the crime of bank robbery and sentenced to 35 years in prison, later reduced to 7 years. However, she testified that she had been raped and threatened with death while held captive. She was held in custody, and there was speculation before trial that her family's resources would enable her to avoid time in prison.Īt her trial, the prosecution suggested that Hearst had joined the Symbionese Liberation Army of her own volition.
She was found and arrested 19 months after being abducted, by which time she was a fugitive wanted for serious crimes committed with members of the group. She first became known for the events following her 1974 kidnapping by the Symbionese Liberation Army. It’s a fresh and engaging exploration of the challenges and pressures for young women growing up in the past and today.Patricia Campbell Hearst (born February 20, 1954) is the granddaughter of American publishing magnate William Randolph Hearst. Narrated in alternating chapters by Cat and Fanny, Elsewhere Girls is a moving and funny story of two girls with a deep connection, one based on the Australian Olympic champion, Fanny Durack. But one day, time slips and they swap places.Īs each girl lives the other’s life, with all the challenges and confusion it presents, she comes to appreciate and understand herself and the role of swimming in her own life. They both live in the same Sydney suburb, but in different worlds, or at least different times: Cat in current-day Sydney, and Fanny in 1908.
Fanny loves to swim and she lives for racing, but family chores and low expectations for girls make it very hard for her to fit in even the occasional training session.Ĭat and Fanny have never met. Coach O’Call would say something like, ‘That’s not what I expect from a scholarship girl!’ because I have to be up for squad training in five hours and I’m not supposed to go near potato scallops, and-oh, yeah-it’s my fifth.Ĭat has recently started at a new school on a sports scholarship, and she’s feeling the pressure of early morning training sessions and the need for total commitment. It’s midnight and I’m alone in the kitchen eating a cold potato scallop.
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