Download or read book The Cruel Mother written by Sian Busby and published by Short Books. This book was released on 2013-03-07 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.