I Let Him Go: The heartbreaking book from the mother of James Bulger
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I Let Him Go: The heartbreaking book from the mother of James Bulger

The heartbreaking book from the mother of James Bulger

  1. 336 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

I Let Him Go: The heartbreaking book from the mother of James Bulger

The heartbreaking book from the mother of James Bulger

About this book

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, with an updated chapter from Denise. 'I was crying so much I couldn't breathe. The thought of leaving the shopping centre without him was crushing. I knew that walking away from the place where he had gone missing, without any idea where he now was, meant that things were really bad. James had been right by my side and then he was gone forever.' On 12th February 1993, Denise Fergus' life changed forever. As she was running errands at New Strand Shopping Centre, she let go of her two-year-old son's hand for a few seconds to take out her purse. Denise never saw her son again. For the first time since that moment 25 years ago, Denise tells her extraordinary story in this heart-wrenching book, an unflinching account of that terrible day. What if she had never taken James shopping? What if she had turned right coming out of the butcher's, instead of left? Denise's initial hope after seeing her son on CCTV with other children quickly turned to devastation when, two days later, James' body was found. His death reverberated around the world and his killers became the youngest ever convicted murderers in UK legal history. Four minutes is all it took for them to lead James away from his mother to his death. Denise took up a tortuous legal battle for James, and it was her astonishing strength and love for her son that ultimately helped to change the way the law treats victims of crime. This is a mother's tale, of finding a way through the despair to remember the happiness and wonderful memories that James brought his family. Above all, Denise doesn't want her son to be remembered as a murdered child, and with this beautifully written book, she does just that.

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Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Praise
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Contents
  6. Prologue
  7. Chapter 1: A Liverpool Girl
  8. Chapter 2: Loss and Life
  9. Chapter 3: Forging a Bond
  10. Chapter 4: Fizzing With Life
  11. Chapter 5: Final Hours
  12. Chapter 6: The Hunt
  13. Chapter 7: ‘Please Bring My Baby Home.’
  14. Chapter 8: Starting a Life Sentence
  15. Chapter 9: The Arrests
  16. Chapter 10: My Baby’s Funeral
  17. Chapter 11: Falling Apart
  18. Chapter 12: The Eye of the Storm
  19. Chapter 13: The Trial
  20. Chapter 14: Guilty
  21. Chapter 15: A Reason to Live
  22. Chapter 16: Petition for Justice
  23. Chapter 17: Just Me and My Son Michael
  24. Chapter 18: My Rock
  25. Chapter 19: Picking up the Fight
  26. Chapter 20: New Beginnings
  27. Chapter 21: My Voice
  28. Chapter 22: Release
  29. Chapter 23: Keeping Focussed
  30. Chapter 24: Caught
  31. Chapter 25: Gone, But Never Forgotten
  32. Chapter 26: Fighting On
  33. Pictures
  34. Acknowledgements