Pauline Grogan has led an extraordinary life.
A former nun, you may know her from her 1996 autobiography of her time in a Mount Albert convent, called Beyond the Veil.
Pauline, now aged 79, has a new gospel to preach: the power of music. After suffering two strokes in 2020, Pauline lives each day beset by chronic pain, and her best relief has been through music.
Her new memoir Miss Adventure: Healing with Music charts the impact of music on her life and others, and calls for aged care facilities in New Zealand to let their residents have access to and play their own music.
She speaks to Emile Donovan.
Pauline Grogan's new memoir, 'Miss Adventure - Healing with music' is available now. Photo: Supplied
