About A Son: A Father’s Search for Truth
Paperback Published on: 20/04/2023
Price: £9.99
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Difficult but necessary
About a Son is a harrowing but wonderfully constructed memoir that will speak to everyone who has ever lost someone they care about, and even those who hav... READ MORE
An extraordinary, compassionate read
I was lucky enough to receive a proof of About a Son before it’s release and felt so honoured to be able to read Colin Hehir’s account of his family’s grie... READ MORE
Synopsis
'A book that reaches so deeply into the human experience that to read it is to be forever changed'
ELIZABETH DAY
One night in October 2015, twenty-year-old Morgan Hehir went out with friends and never came home.
In the aftermath of his funny, talented son's murder, Morgan's father Colin began to keep an extraordinary diary. It became a record of his family's grief, the ensuing trial, and his determined quest to uncover the shocking truth that the police had kept hidden.
Inspired by this diary, About A Son is a groundbreaking work of creative non-fiction that asks vital questions about the nature of justice and pays tribute to the unbreakable bond between a father and son.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZE
Publisher information
- Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
- ISBN: 9781474620574
- Number of pages: 272
- Dimensions: 196 x 128 x 24 mm
- Weight: 240g
- Languages: English