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One October night in 1975 Richard, aged five, was alone in the house with his three sisters. It was 3am and their mother hadn''t come home yet. Next morning, the police arrived to take the children away. Their mother had become the first victim of a serial killer soon to become known as the ''Yorkshire Ripper''.

Passed from one violent home to another, the children were forgotten by all except the press. As the salacious headlines multiplied, Richard and his sisters were never able to recover from their mother''s murder. Whilst Richard tried to handle the terror of his violent upbringing, his sister struggled to deal with memories of sexual abuse. Without love or support they spiralled away from help or happiness.

Then one day Richard McCann, having reached suicidal rock bottom, decided no one was going to rescue their lives but him. It was the beginning of an inspirational transformation. Now he is able to tell the story of how the forgotten children of violence suf

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Just A Boy

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Ebury Press
      Published 3 March 2005
      ISBN-13 9780091898229
      978-0091898229
      ISBN-10 0091898226
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      Biography True stories of heroism, and endu True stories of survival of abuse and injustice Health & Wellbeing Coping with / advice about death and bereavement

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      One October night in 1975 Richard, aged five, was alone in the house with his three sisters. It was 3am and their mother hadn''t come home yet. Next morning, the police arrived to take the children away. Their mother had become the first victim of a serial killer soon to become known as the ''Yorkshire Ripper''.

      Passed from one violent home to another, the children were forgotten by all except the press. As the salacious headlines multiplied, Richard and his sisters were never able to recover from their mother''s murder. Whilst Richard tried to handle the terror of his violent upbringing, his sister struggled to deal with memories of sexual abuse. Without love or support they spiralled away from help or happiness.

      Then one day Richard McCann, having reached suicidal rock bottom, decided no one was going to rescue their lives but him. It was the beginning of an inspirational transformation. Now he is able to tell the story of how the forgotten children of violence suf

      Trade Review
      Harrowing * The Sun *
      Heart-rending * Woman's Weekly *

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