The Cruel Mother: A Family Ghost Laid to Rest - Brossura

Busby, Sian

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1904977065 ISBN 13: 9781904977063

Casa editrice: Short Books Ltd, 2005

Riassunto

In 1919 Sian Busby'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. 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 greatgrandchildren. In Sian's case, ill-suppressed knowledge of the event manifested itself in recurring nightmares and contributed towards 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...

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Short Books Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1904977065
• ISBN 13: 9781904977063
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 304