Genie Wiley: America's Ferie Child

Plagued with Regret

Scientists who studied her case are anguished about the way in which Genie’s life panned out. “She was this isolated person, incarcerated for all those years, and she emerged and lived in a more reasonable world for a while, and responded to this world, and then the door was shut and she withdrew again and her soul was sick,” said Shurley, stricken with guilt…

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