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Trust

A Fractured Fable

by Jeanne Ryckmans

Length 3 hours 23 minutes

Language English

Narrators Jeanne Ryckmans & Darcy Kent

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Romance scams, pyramid schemes, bogus debts and fake news – the world is awash with confidence tricksters and swindlers. But what happens if the fraudster is your lover?

It has been said that trust is a risk masquerading as a promise, and, as Hemingway suggested, 'the way to make people trust-worthy is to trust them'. Once we have fallen under the spell of malevolent hucksters, their power is real, as is the loss of self and hope when the spell breaks.

A hybrid memoir and a personal detective story, Trust is an exploration of what it means to trust, why we trust and what happens when trust is betrayed. With a particular view to fraud and corruption within the hallowed walls of sandstone universities, Ryckmans brings to light the oft subtle, brutal nature of control that fraudsters have over their victims, and shows the deep impacts their actions have on others personally and professionally. The cover up – sometimes said to be worse than the crime – has insidious effects.

Trust is a fractured fable. It is darkly funny, wistful and spare in tone and approach.

Biography & Memoir True Crime Nonfiction

Jeanne Ryckmans has worked for two decades in Australian publishing. Now a literary agent, she was formerly senior publisher at Random House and HarperCollins Australia. Prior to this she worked in arts television in France and Australia as presenter, producer and documentary director and was features editor at ELLE Magazine and books editor for Vogue Australia. She is the author of two previous books.

Darcy Kent is a graduate of The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in the UK, where he completed his Masters in Classical Acting. He has almost 10 years’ experience in voice work, doing national television and radio campaigns for large companies (most recently, McDonald’s). His film and tv credits include Warnie (Channel 9), Spreadsheet (Paramount+), Neighbours, Offspring, and a host of short films.