The Babadook (2014)Movies

Several years ago I had a client who needed some legal work done.  She was an educated and well-adjusted single mother of a young girl.  She was normal in every way.

And then something terrible happened.  Her daughter died suddenly from an unexpected illness.  And this sent the mother on a downward psychological spiral from which she was unable to escape.  The woman’s mother–a kindly but psychologically very strong woman in her 70s–was forced to care for her daughter, who went to pieces.

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