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Just a Boy: The True Story of a Stolen Childhood-Richard McCann, 9780091898212

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ISBN
9780091898212
EAN
9780091898212
Publication Year
2004
Type
Textbook
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Book Title
Just a Boy
Author
Richard Mccann
Publisher
Ebury Publishing
Genre
Biographies & True Stories
Item Weight
544g
Number of Pages
304 Pages

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This is the story of a boy called Richard. One October night in 1975 Richard, aged five, was -alone in the house with his three sisters. It was3am and their mother hadn't come home yet. He and his oldest sister pulled on their coats over their pyjamas and set off through the foggy streets hand in hand to find her. But at dawn they returned home alone. Within a few hours the police arrived and took the children away. They gave them mugs of hot chocolate and then said, 'you won't be seeing your mother again.' She was the first victim of the serial killer who to become known as the 'Yorkshire Ripper' and from that moment on Richard and his sisters' childhoods were destroyed. Passed from one violent home to another, subject to physical and mental abuse, the children were forgotten by all except the press. As the killer claimed one victim after the other, and the salacious magazines and headlines multiplied, Richard and his sisters were never able to grieve or recover from the agonising tragedy of their mother's murder. Whilst Richard tried to handle the terror and shame of his violent and deprived upbringing, his sister struggled to deal with memories of the serious sexual abuse she h

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Ebury Publishing
ISBN-13
9780091898212
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Book Title
Just a Boy
Author
Richard Mccann
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
2004
Type
Textbook
Genre
Biographies & True Stories
Number of Pages
304 Pages

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Item Weight
544g

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Richard Mccann
Topic Area
Sexual Abuse
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom

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  • An insight into the spoiled lives of other victims of The Yorkshire Ripper.

    With my roots and background connected to the area and events of the era I read this (along with the other books by Richard) with great interest. 'Enjoyed' doesn't seem quite right when reading of the awful tragedies and unpleasant events in Richards' harsh life and many of these are told of in heart wrenching detail, yet the dialogue and descriptives are very absorbing. Into the Light, Just a Boy and The Boy Grows Up are obviously all in the same vein and I found the last a bit 'repetitive' covering some events described in the others. One further tragedy involves Richards sisters 'eventual' suicide which took place after the books (although she'd attempted previously). I was left with the feeling that My God, somehow Richard 'survived' it all. Damaged by 'The Yorkshire Ripper' Peter ...

  • Good read, I could not leave it , or believe it , Brill.

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    This is a good read understanding someone's life

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    Poignant true story. Fitting to re-read in light of recent news story.

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