The Cruel Mother: A Family Ghost Laid to Rest

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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.

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.

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 * A gripping tale of madness and infanticide during the time of the Great War... Powerful and disturbing.