The silent twins
Wallace, Marjorie, 1943-2008
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This is the story of the Gibbons identical twins, who for most of their lives spoke only to each other in a secret language. When they entered adolescence they plunged into a wild spree that led to their incarceration in a hospital for the insane. The astounding true story behind the major new motion picture starring Letitia Wright and Tamara Lawrance, with a new epilogue from the author'A compelling and tragic story' Mail on Sunday 'Breathtaking' Independent 'Extraordinary' Oliver Sacks, New York Times Review of BooksWhen identical twins, June and Jennifer Gibbons were three they began to reject communication with anyone but each other, and so began a childhood bound together in a strange and secret world. As they grew up, love and hate united to push them to the extreme margins of society and, following a five week spree of vandalism and arson, the silent twins were sentenced to a gruelling twelve-year detention in Broadmoor.Award-winning investigative journalist Marjorie Wallace delves into the twins' silent world, revealing their genius, alienation and the mystic bond by which the extremes of good and evil ended in possession and death.
Main title:
The silent twins / Marjorie Wallace.
Author:
Edition:
[New ed.].
Imprint:
London : Vintage, 1996.
Collation:
[vii], 274 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
This ed. originally published: Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1993.
ISBN:
9780099586418 (pbk)
Dewey class:
362.210922
LC class:
RC450
Language:
English
Subject:
Gibbons, JuneGibbons, JenniferBroadmoor Hospital (Crowthorne, England)Inmates of institutions -- Great BritainTwins -- Great Britain -- PsychologyTwins -- Great Britain -- BiographyBiography & non-fiction proseTrue crimeAge groups: childrenMental health servicesEnglandChild, developmental, and lifespan psychologyBiography: generalGender studies: women & girls
BRN:
2922690