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The Silent Twins

The astounding true story, now a major motion picture starring Letitia Wright

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The Silent Twins

By: Marjorie Wallace
Narrated by: Jodhi May
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*** Now a major motion picture starring Letitia Wright ***

When 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, hate and genius 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.

© Marjorie Wallace 1986 (P) Penguin Audio 2022

Child Psychology Children's Studies Developmental Psychology Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Social Sciences
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Critic Reviews

Strange, riveting... Thanks to Marjorie Wallace, thanks to the twins' incorrigible brilliance, we now have some idea of what it is like to stand in front of a dark mirror
A remarkable (and finally tragic) story which, in its depth, penetration and detail, no less than its extraordinary subject matter, must be seen as outstanding, a testimony to something extraordinary in the author herself
A compelling and tragic story
Breathtaking
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