The decision to publish this book has been very difficult & taken with heavy hearts... My reason for writing it is simple: to give an account of the truth... Writing this memoir has entailed recording some very personal intimate & emotional aspects of our lives. Sharing these with strangers does not come easily to me but if I hadnt done so I would not have felt the book gave as full a picture as it is possible for me to give. As with every action we have taken over the last five years it ultimately boils down to whether what we are doing could help us to find Madeleine. When the answer to that question is yes or even possibly our family can cope with anything... Nothing is more important to us than finding our little girl". (Kate Mc Cann)."