My Son Tom - The Life and Tragic Death of Tom Hurndall

''This intimate and profoundly moving book by Tom''s mother serves as a memorial to a kind, gentle and talented son'' Daily Mail In April 2003, twenty-one-year-old English photojournalism student Tom Hurndall was shot in the head as he was rescuing a Palestinian child in the town of Rafah in the Gaza Strip.Here is Tom''s mother''s account of his courageous quest, its tragic end and a devastated family''s struggle for justice in a case that made legal history. It is an elegy for a son, full of loss but also of hope. Written with honesty, dignity and insight this moving story of a remarkable young man, a mother''s love, and a devoted family gives a human face to a conflict that, directly and indirectly, affects us all.>

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'This intimate and profoundly moving book by Tom's mother serves as a memorial to a kind, gentle and talented son' Daily Mail

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• Authors: Jocelyn Hurndall, Hurndall Jocelyn
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.05.2008
• EAN: 9780747592884
• ISBN: 978-0-7475-9288-4
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 198 mm x 28 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; Biography: general, HISTORY / Middle East / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern, Political activism, 21st century history: from c 2000 -, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, c 2000 to c 2010, c 2000 to c 2009, Middle Eastern history, Palestine, Biography: philosophy and social sciences, Political activism / Political engagement