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In 1919 Sian Busby's great-grandmother, Beth, gave birth to triplets. One of the babies died at birth and 11 days later Beth drowned the surviving twins in a bath of cold water. She was sentenced to an indefinite term of imprisonment at Broadmoor. The murder and the deep sense of shame it generated obviously affected Beth, her husband and their surviving children to an extraordinary degree, but it also resounded through the lives of her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. It gave rise to a collective anxiety about their family's ability to parent and an obsessive fear of hereditary insanity and depressive illness. In Sian's case, ill-suppressed knowledge of the event manifested itself in recurring nightmares and contributed to a prolonged bout of post-natal depression. After the birth of her second son, she decided to investigate the story once and for all and lay to rest the ghosts which have haunted the family for 80 years.
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"...an imaginative consideration of the nature of love and forgiveness...compelling and vivid...offers the redemption of true understanding." -- The Times, June 26th, 2004
"...combines the macabre and the mundane with an admirable delicacy of touch. The Cruel Mother cannot fail to fascinate." -- Daily Telegraph, August 8th, 2004
"A fascinating piece of work...so finely structured and immaculately researched [it] should become a classic of its kind." -- The Guardian, September 4th 2004
"Fascinating...compulsively readable..." -- Sunday Telegraph, July 11th, 2004
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"...combines the macabre and the mundane with an admirable delicacy of touch. The Cruel Mother cannot fail to fascinate." -- Daily Telegraph, August 8th, 2004
"A fascinating piece of work...so finely structured and immaculately researched [it] should become a classic of its kind." -- The Guardian, September 4th 2004
"Fascinating...compulsively readable..." -- Sunday Telegraph, July 11th, 2004
Sian Busby is the author of the highly acclaimed A Wonderful Little Girl (Short Books). She is also a filmaker, scriptwriter and digital artist. She lives in London with her husband and two sons.
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- PublisherShort Books Ltd
- Publication date2004
- ISBN 10 1904095712
- ISBN 13 9781904095712
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages288
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