Cruel Mother
«A gripping tale of madness and infanticide during the time of the Great War... Powerful and disturbing.»
In 1919 the author's great-grandmother, Beth, gave birth to triplets. One of the babies died at birth and eleven days later she drowned the surviving twins in a bath of cold water. She was sentenced to an indefinite term of imprisonment at Broadmoor. Les mer
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Short Books Ltd
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 304
- ISBN
- 9781904977063
- Utgivelsesår
- 2005
- Format
- 20 x 13 cm
- Priser
- Winner of Mind Book of the Year Award 2005.
Anmeldelser
«A gripping tale of madness and infanticide during the time of the Great War... Powerful and disturbing.»
«Sian Busby's deeply felt and well researched book is a tale of awful enchantment.»
The Times
«Fascinating, part autobiography, part moving family history, with sharply etched portraits richly embedded in their social and historical milieu.»
Sunday Telegraph