'It is one of the most intensely moving stories I have ever read, and I was gripped from the first page.'
Barbara Taylor Bradford
'Testament to a remarkable, benevolent soul...With this public love letter he has found a way to say goodbye’. Sunday Times
‘It is one of the most penetrating and humane books to have emerged from the Troubles.’
Irish Independent
'This amazingly clear-headed and mature book...Intelligent, honest, tender and so moving that it should come with a warning to read this in private because you're going to be in a tear-stained mess.’ Daily Mail
© 2009 Francesco Guidicini
I remember hearing the news at a village fair in Birchington, Kent. As a mother of an infant I felt profoundly upset to think what it must have been like for your mother to lose a child and for you to lose your brother. Reading your story, I think your ability to not be bitter is wonderful.
I started reading the book last night. Could not put it down. Read until I could no longer see straight, crying my eyes out. What an amazing testimony to the courage of your family.
One wonders what the perpetrators of such a vile, vicious and totally senseless act feel that they have achieved.