Richard McCann è uno scrittore la cui opera, che spazia dalla narrativa alla saggistica alla poesia, si distingue per la sua profonda esplorazione della condizione umana. La sua prosa e il suo verso sono caratterizzati da un acuto intuito psicologico e da uno stile lirico che attira i lettori in complesse vite interiori. McCann approfondisce frequentemente temi come l'identità, la perdita e la ricerca di connessione, rendendo le sue narrazioni sia risonanti che stimolanti. La sua capacità di intrecciare dettagli intimi con verità universali ha consolidato il suo significativo posto nella letteratura contemporanea.
Richard McCann's account of his childhood became a massive UK bestseller. The Boy Grows Up is an account of how Richard used the success of Just A Boy to try and save his sister, and of his attempts to make sense of his past whilst learning more about the effects of traumatic childhoods and loss.
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. Next morning, the police arrived to take the children away. Their mother had become the first victim of a serial killer soon to become known as the 'Yorkshire Ripper'. Passed from one violent home to another, the children were forgotten by all except the press. As the salacious headlines multiplied, Richard and his sisters were never able to recover from their mother's murder. Whilst Richard tried to handle the terror of his violent upbringing, his sister struggled to deal with memories of sexual abuse. Without love or support they spiralled away from help or happiness. Then one day Richard McCann, having reached suicidal rock bottom, decided no one was going to rescue their lives but him. It was the beginning of an inspirational transformation. Now he is able to tell the story of how the forgotten children of violence suffer, and how they can heal. A heartbreaking, uplifting story of survival and hope.
In these ten interwoven stories, two adolescent brothers face a world in which their father has suddenly died, a world dominated by their beautiful and complicated mother. Thirty years later, one of the brothers–the only remaining survivor of a family he seeks both to leave behind and to preserve in words forever–narrates these precise and heartbreaking tales. Suffused with the beauty of Richard McCann’s extraordinary language, Mother of Sorrows introduces us to an elegant writer like no other in contemporary fiction.
Richard McCann was just five when his mother became the first victim of Peter Sutcliffe, the man who came to be known as the 'Yorkshire Ripper'. He and his three sisters, forced to return to their estranged father, were never allowed to heal or forget, their grief caught up in the media circus of a serial killer. Yet Richard and his eldest sister Sonia were forced to endure violent abuse and keep the silence of forgotten children. This is the moving and inspirational story of how two small children stuck together through unimaginable pain and just when they hit rock-bottom, on the road to ruining their own lives forever, decided to make a change.
The author shares his personal journey of transformation, highlighting the untapped potential within each individual. Through his experiences, Richard McCann reveals strategies for personal and professional growth, encouraging readers to recognize and unleash their capabilities. This third book serves as both an inspirational memoir and a practical guide to achieving greater success in life and business.