Heavenly Creatures and other murderers...
Sooo.. i'm sitting with my mom and her husband, and we're talking about the very, very prolific writer, Ann Perry. Have you heard of her? Well.. umm... she's a hugely popular historical fiction writer- and has written over 50 BOOKS!!!
Anne Perry website
She lives in Scotland... and why is she interesting to me??? Go to her website! Check out her bio... oh, and you may remember this film, based on her ACTUAL story...!! 
Yesss.... Kate Winslet's debut movie! I am a big Kate Winslet fan..so.. I was of course interested to hear of this link. Oh, and the movie is TOTALLY disturbing, but in a really, truly, fascinating, obsessive way. Plus, it was directed by Peter Jackson!!
Here's what Wikipedia has to say about it:
In 1950s New Zealand two teenage girls, Pauline Parker and Juliet Hulme, meet when Juliet transfers to Pauline's school. Drawn together by the fantasy world they create together the girls become close friends and, over the course of two years, eventually lovers. They continue seeing each other after their families forbid it and step in to separate them. They eventually murder Pauline's mother to prevent the separation. Their crime is discovered, and both are sent to prison.
After the film was released, it came to light that historical mystery writer Anne Perry was Juliet Hulme.
In 2006, the film was voted by FilmFour as one of the 50 Films to See Before You Die, coming in at number 22.
more here
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don't you just love a great, true story? Now, go rent the film!!!
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