One of Your Own: The Life and Death of Myra Hindley
Apr 2011 · Random House
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'Infamous, I have become disowned, but I am one of your own' - Myra Hindley, from her unpublished autobiography
On 15 November 2002, Myra Hindley, Britain’s most notorious murderess, died in prison, one of the rare women whose crimes were deemed so indefensible that ‘life’ really did mean ‘life’.
But who was the woman behind the headlines? How could a seemingly normal girl grow up to commit such terrible acts? Her defenders claim she fell under Ian Brady’s spell, but is this the truth? Was her insistence that she had changed, that she felt deep remorse and had reverted to the Catholicism of her childhood genuine or a calculating bid to win parole?
One of Your Own explores these questions and many others, drawing on a wide range of resources, including Hindley’s own unseen writings, hundreds of recently released prison files, fresh interviews and extensive new research. Compellingly well written, this is the first in-depth study of Hindley and the challenging, definitive biography of Britain’s ‘most-hated woman’.
On 15 November 2002, Myra Hindley, Britain’s most notorious murderess, died in prison, one of the rare women whose crimes were deemed so indefensible that ‘life’ really did mean ‘life’.
But who was the woman behind the headlines? How could a seemingly normal girl grow up to commit such terrible acts? Her defenders claim she fell under Ian Brady’s spell, but is this the truth? Was her insistence that she had changed, that she felt deep remorse and had reverted to the Catholicism of her childhood genuine or a calculating bid to win parole?
One of Your Own explores these questions and many others, drawing on a wide range of resources, including Hindley’s own unseen writings, hundreds of recently released prison files, fresh interviews and extensive new research. Compellingly well written, this is the first in-depth study of Hindley and the challenging, definitive biography of Britain’s ‘most-hated woman’.
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Sally Evans
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May 12, 2016
I really can't work out if Myra was evil through reading this. Some pages and evidence i would say yes. But I really don't know what to believe. A good read and well researched. Very chilling.
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Zoe Patterson
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June 4, 2015
Goes right into detail about her upbringing, life before and after prison.. recommend a good read!
Truck Mitchell
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May 28, 2017
Half of books thanking people for helping put it together gave up on page 12 utter dissapointment .
About the author
Carol Ann Lee is an acclaimed biographer and has written extensively on the Holocaust. She is co-author of the forthcoming Witness: The Autobiography of David Smith, Chief Prosecution Witness in the Moors Murders Case.
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