Somebody's Mother, Somebody's Daughter

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You are not a man, for you can only prove you are a man by killing women.'- Survivor Maureen LongThe crimes of Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper, remain in the public consciousness over forty years after he killed his first victim. He is currently serving twenty concurrent sentences for the murder of thirteen women and attempting to murder seven others. Bestselling biographer Carol Ann Lee tells, for the first time, the stories of those women who came into Sutcliffe's murderous orbit, giving a voice to their families, including the twenty-three children whom he left motherless.Based on previously unpublished material and fresh first-hand interviews, the book examines the Yorkshire Ripper story from a new perspective: focusing on the women and bringing their individual experiences and personalities to life. This timely book shines a spotlight on this reign of terror and how it was compounded by the appalling treatment of the victims by the police and the media. And yet, there grew from this a feeling among women to fight back, to not restrict their movements just because a man was committing the crimes, and there was the strength and determination of those who survived, who resolved to bring the killer to justice.Hard-hitting and heartbreaking, Somebody's Mother, Somebody's Daughter reveals what really happened to the victims and their families in a case that still grips the nation. It is time to tell their stories.