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Susan Musgrave
Stephen Reid
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After two failed marriages and
other edgy relationships, Musgrave encountered Stephen Reid
while working as a writer in residence at Waterloo University.
Reid submitted a manuscript and it was the beginning of a
relationship that would blossom behind bars. It was
a romance conducted by letters that would result in a prison
marriage and a honeymoon surrounded by cyclone fencing and
razor wire. Years before in 1968, the couple had been
at the same love-in in Vancouver's Stanley Park, but the 'flower
children' didn't meet until many years later.
Today Musgrave and Reid live in a treehouse in Victoria,
raising 2 daughters and pursuing their literary careers.
They've overcome the initial obstacles that threatened their
marriage, and both seem to have found peace.
The Poet and the Bandit tells the story of a fascinating,
and highly unusual couple. Friends, family, teachers,
and colleagues join Susan Musgrave and Stephen Reid in telling
the story of their lives - from their turbulent early years
to the tranquillity they've found together today.
Original Air Date - January 15, 1999
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