Genie Wiley: America's Ferie Child

Locked Away

Susan Curtiss, a linguistics professor who befriended Genie, has been unable to get in contact with her for years. Curtiss wrote a book about her and is one of the only researchers to have maintained credibility throughout the debacle. “There is a hole in my heart and soul from not being able to see her,” said Curtiss, “and that doesn’t go away.” Genie’s case cast a shadow on Rymer’s life…

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