Goodbye, Dearest Holly - Couverture rigide

Wells, Kevin

 
9780907633020: Goodbye, Dearest Holly
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0907633021 ISBN 13 : 9780907633020
Editeur : Psychology News Press Ltd, 2005

Synopsis

Some tragedies become part of our national history. On August 4, 2002 Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman went missing in Soham. The police searched, the girls' families searched, the local community searched, Kevin Wells, Holly's father, became a familiar figure on TV as he prayed for good news - the good news that never came. After 13 days, the bodies of Holly and Jessica were found. Within 48 hours, Ian Huntley was charged with their murder. There is nothing more dreadful than losing a child. Kevin had no idea what had happened to the daughter he loved and had such high hopes for in the terrible days after Holly went missing, Kevin found himself overwhelmed with emotion. He cried and was often embarrassed to cry. He faced situations he never imagined in his worst nightmares. Under stress, he feared he might forget important details of the worst days of his life. So he started to make notes. He didn't think of it as being therapeutic. At first his wife Nicola didn't see the point but she soon changed her mind. Kevin's diary couldn't alter anything but it did feel as if their lives were a little less out of their control.Kevin's book is that diary which he kept until well after the trial of Ian Huntley and Maxine Carr was over.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Some tragedies become part of our national history. On August 4, 2002 Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman went missing in Soham. The police searched, the girls' families searched, the local community searched, Kevin Wells, Holly's father, became a familiar figure on TV as he prayed for good news - the good news that never came. After 13 days, the bodies of Holly and Jessica were found. Within 48 hours, Ian Huntley was charged with their murder. There is nothing more dreadful than losing a child. Kevin had no idea what had happened to the daughter he loved and had such high hopes for in the terrible days after Holly went missing, Kevin found himself overwhelmed with emotion. He cried and was often embarrassed to cry. He faced situations he never imagined in his worst nightmares. Under stress, he feared he might forget important details of the worst days of his life. So he started to make notes. He didn't think of it as being therapeutic. At first his wife Nicola didn't see the point but she soon changed her mind. Kevin's diary couldn't alter anything but it did feel as if their lives were a little less out of their control. Kevin's book is that diary which he kept until well after the trial of Ian Huntley and Maxine Carr was over.

Revue de presse

essential reading to understand what happens to families bereaved by homicide...am extremly powerful and gripping account --Glynis Bliss of Victim Support, Community Care

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Éditeur
Psychology News Press Ltd
Date d'édition
2005
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0907633021
ISBN 13 
9780907633020
Reliure
Relié
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
304
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible

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9780340897911: Goodbye, Dearest Holly: An unflinching memoir of surviving tragedy, from the father of murdered Holly Wells

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0340897910 ISBN 13 :  9780340897911
Editeur : Hodder Paperbacks, 2005
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