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On a beautiful July morning in , just three weeks before his third birthday, Alex Hanscombe a The stunning and heartbreaking story of the young son of Rachel Nickell - who witnessed the brutal attack on his mother and whose childhood was shaped by the media storm that followed. On a beautiful July morning in , just three weeks before his third birthday, Alex Hanscombe and his young mother, Rachel Nickell, went walking on Wimbledon Common.
Life was never the same again. Alex was the only witness to the attack. Alex tells the story of the resulting media storm, the legal cases following and the peace and understanding that he has now found, as a young man. Paperback , pages. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about Letting Go , please sign up.
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This is Alex Hanscombe's powerful, inspirational account as seen on This morning, BBC Breakfast, BBC Newsnight and published in The. Letting Go and over 2 million other books are available for Amazon Kindle. FREE UK Delivery on book orders dispatched by Amazon over £ This is Alex Hanscombe’s powerful, inspirational account as seen on This morning, BBC Breakfast, BBC Newsnight and published in The Sunday.
Some of us are of an age to remember the breaking news that a beautiful young Mum had been attacked and murdered on Wimbledon Common on a July morning in Her young son Alex, just three weeks short of his third birthday was with her and watched the brutal attack. Alex was found covered in his mummy's blood, she had been stabbed forty nine times. Letting Go is written by Alex now a young man. It's his heartbreaking account of that day and life for himself and his father following this tragedy Some of us are of an age to remember the breaking news that a beautiful young Mum had been attacked and murdered on Wimbledon Common on a July morning in It's his heartbreaking account of that day and life for himself and his father following this tragedy.
Alex describes hiding from the media and the extraordinary steps his father took to protect him and the love between the father and son. He also describes endless meetings with child psychologists and he criticises the police in the handling of the case and the handling of himself and his father following the conviction. This book is written beautifully and is a sad account of the tragedy that day and the impact it had on Alex and his fathers lives. I would recommend this book.
I received this book from the author and Goodreads in exchange for an honest review. Jun 15, Val rated it really liked it Shelves: I received this book free from Good Reads. The story seems to have been remembered by lots of people. The publicity must have been enormous, to be remembered by so many people. I found it rather difficult to believe that a 3yr old boy had so many remembrances of his early years.
As an older child, he seemed to go off the rails quite a bit. All in all, it is a well researched, easy to read story about a murder that affected many people on all sorts of different levels. May 29, Simon Zohhadi rated it it was amazing Shelves: For those of us familiar with the terrible murder of his mother on Wimbledon Common and those who are not, this is an excellent memoir of that day and Alex's road to recovery. His father also features significantly in the book and it is a tribute to their father and son relationship.
Alex comes across as an intelligent and sensitive man who has strong feelings of empathy and forgiveness. He is, however, critical of the police and the child psychologists assigned to him. When you read his account, one can only share his views. The real tragedy is that his beautiful mother should still be alive today and would be if the "professionals" had done their jobs properly. Sometimes, though, apologies are not enough!
This book flows along effortlessly and could not have been written better. Jun 18, Gilden rated it really liked it. I found this book very interesting because this case sticks in my mind so much. Having read Paul Britton's book, many years ago, about the case, he was so sure that Colin Stagg was guilty, I feel he had a major part in the errors that then took place culminating in so many rapes and the other awful murder too. He had convinced me!
He had convinced me! However, I struggled with the first few chapters and almost gave up on it. This book flows along effortlessly and could not have been written better. The real tragedy is that his beautiful mother should still be alive today and would be if the "professionals" had done their jobs properly. Thanks for telling us about the problem.
He also spoke about the other murder with no reference to any thoughts of a link. I find it so shocking that so many errors were made and it was swept under the carpet. I have lived through a family experience too where the journalists pretended to be friends to try and track relatives down to get a story and it is absolutely sickening. Good luck to Alex and the rest of the family for the future. Jul 22, Sandra Brosnan rated it it was amazing.
A touching and deeply emotional book written by the son of a murdered mother who actually witnessed the murder. This book is very well written and isn't just about the act of the murder but about how it affected the loved ones of the murdered women. The stunning and heartbreaking story of the young son of Rachel Nickell — who witnessed the brutal attack on his mother and whose childhood was shaped by the media storm that followed. A coming-of-age story that begins with a tragedy but ends in optimism, forgiveness and peace.
On a beautiful July morning in , just three weeks before his third birthday, Alex Hanscombe and his young mother, Rachel Nickell, went walking on Wimbledon Common. Life was never the same again. Alex was the only witness to the attack. Alex tells the story of the resulting media storm, the legal cases following and the peace and understanding that he has now found, as a young man. Over the Top and Back. I Let You Go. The Girl on the Train. How to write a great review. The review must be at least 50 characters long. The title should be at least 4 characters long. Your display name should be at least 2 characters long.
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