The Cutting Author:Maureen O'Brien Judith is in prison on remand suspected of killing her mother. She is also in the prison of her own silence. From the moment the police came to question her she has not spoken. As a last resort, Alex, a psychiatrist who has had great success with mutism in children, is called in to make a psychiatric assessment. He battles against her entrenched... more » and lonely silence until at last he breaks the dam. An extraordinary story pours out, her life revealed, her imprisonment broken. This woman speaks directly to another human being, probably for the first time in her life.« less