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The cruel mother : a family ghost laid to rest

The cruel mother : a family ghost laid to rest

In 1919 Sian Busby's great-grandmother, drowned two of her new babies and was sentenced to imprisonment in Broadmoor. This event has resounded throughout the generations of the family and given rise to a collective anxiety about parenting ability and fear of illness. This is Siân's story to lay the ghosts at rest.

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Book info

Author Busby, Siân.
Reader volunteers
Language eng
Duration 8 h 57 min
Publication info Royal National Institute for the Blind.
Physical description talking book Daisy 2.02 (8 h 57 min)
Original publication info Short 2005.
Keywords memoarer familjemord muistelmat perhesurmat postpartumdepression depression synnytysmasennus masennus