Esther Freud is an author. She retells the story of Ella, a refugee from Gambia and her struggle to be reunited with her daughter. She also shares her own . Esther Freud - daughter of painter Lucian Freud and the great-granddaughter of Sigmund Freud - Our childhood is our past, and Freud shows how delving into it . Esther Freud is back and tackles something huge. the myth of waiting. Waiting for someone else to give you your life, rescue . Recorded exclusively for Editorial Intelligences Names Not Numbers 2015 conference. Esther Freud reads from her novel Mr Mac and Me published by .