Mother's War

Product Description

Yvonne Collinson Heath will never forget the telephone call that changed her life for ever. On 23 March 2002 her eldest son James
- a private with the Royal Logistic Corps
- was found dead in mysterious circumstances at the notorious Deepcut barracks. He had a single gunshot wound to the head. It was a tragedy that to this day raises questions. A Mother's War" recounts Yvonne's anguish at losing her son a boy who dreamed of serving his country but died before he had even reached his 18th birthday. It is also the powerful story of an extraordinary woman who overcame adversity
- including the hurt of being abandoned by her father bullied as a child & abused by a trusted uncle
- to find love & raise a son only to see him cruelly taken from her within weeks of his joining the Army. It reveals how her decade-long quest for answers uncovered sinister secrets & a series of cover-ups that went right to the heart of Whitehall. Above all else "A Mother's War" is the story of how Yvonne's grief triggered a search for the truth that took her to Downing Street & captured the hearts of the nation."