Posted by alexandra_k on December 1, 2004, at 17:17:06
In reply to Re: mystery writers....women preferably, posted by Racer on November 30, 2004, at 13:41:56
> Anne Perry -- interesting woman, good books, well written, historical settings, two sets -- Thomas and Charlotte Pitt in the 1880s, and William Monk in the 1860s. Very well worth reading, both sets.
Oh, she is a Kiwi :-) Has anybody seen the film "Heavenly Creatures"? It is a New Zealand film based on actual events. The basic notion is that Juliette (aka Anne Perry) and Pauline form a special relationship (which leads to a p-doc thinking it is unhealthy in the homosexual sense) and the ending occurs when they both bash Pauline's mother over the head with the old brick in the stocking trick as they mistakenly believe that this act will enable them to remain together. This was when they were around 16.
It is actually a very moving and well done film. A tragic tale indeed. Because they committed the crime they both ended up in jail. They were eventually released on the condition that they never see each other again.
A reporter made the Anne Perry - Juliette link quite a while back and there was a feature on some documentary type program.
Pauline seems to have retained her anonymity, however, and actual photographs had an uncanny resemblance to one of my old Biology teachers (which was a topic of great speculation when we were 14. Very unlikely though).
What is interesting is that they developed their own fictional historical world of make believe together - and Anne Perry has gone on to continue this theme in her historical novels.
Just in case you (or anyone else) was interested and didn't know...
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