Just a Boy: The True Story of a Stolen Childhood by Richard McCann

Just a Boy: The True Story of a Stolen Childhood

Richard McCann

304 pages first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir true crime emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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One October night in 1975 Richard, aged five, was alone in the house with his three sisters. It was 3am and their mother hadn't come home yet. The next morning, the police arrived to take the children away. Their mother had become the first victim...

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