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My James: The Heartrending Story Of James Bulger By His Father. By Ralph Bulger, Rosie Dunn (2013)

by Ralph Bulger(Favorite Author)

4.34 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0283071680 (ISBN13: 9780283071683)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd

review 1: Yes, yes, I can hear you saying "Why on earth would you want to read this?" And no, it's not great writing in the literary stakes but that's not why you read this sort of book is it? You read it because you couldn't bear to read about it at the time in the papers because your children were the same age as James and it was too much to bear...even though it didn't happen to you. So, out of a kind of misplaced Catholic guilt, you think the least you can do is be brave enough to read the book twenty years later and try to discover why two ten year olds might do what they did and how a parent survives this kind of tragedy. Ralph Bulger does not pretend to have the answers. He does not apologise for his beliefs. I found it gripping reading on many levels - and learned much... more about the lack of support for victims of crime and the impenetrable "wisdom" of the justice system. Not to mention the stoicism and tremendous strength of character of the author and his family. If you have ever lost a child - even if only for a few seconds or a few minutes - you cannot help but feel for James' family and wish with all your heart that this had never happened.
review 2: By far the hardest and most emotional book I have ever read. For almost 3 days, I could not put this book down. It drew me into the world of pain and suffering that Ralph & Denise and their families have/are going through. I cannot begin to imagine how their world just crumbled when they realised what those evil things did to their little boy. Why were the lives and well-being of those 2 evil things so important when they obviously did not give a 2nd thought to the life and well-being of James? less

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