Book description
James Bulger was just a few weeks shy of his third birthday when, on 12
February 1993, he wandered away from his mum Denise in a shopping mall
in Bootle. Grainy images from a security camera showed him trustingly
holding the hand of ten-year-old Jon Venables as they walked away.
Venables and his friend Robert Thompson murdered James, in a crime that
shocked the world. In this haunting book, James' father Ralph describes
how his world fell apart in the days that followed. In his darkest hours
he drank to numb the pain, and the stress tore his marriage apart. He
tells how he learned to cope with his grief, but the sorrow of James'
death has never left him. He discusses the long legal battle to see
justice for his son, as he tried to prevent his killers being released
early, and his continuing fight to see them behind bars where they can't
hurt anyone else. Above all, he pays tribute to his son, an adorable,
cheeky boy whose bright smile brought joy to his family's lives.
