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Unforgiven : Face to Face with my Father’s Killer, Hardback Book

Unforgiven : Face to Face with my Father’s Killer Hardback

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'This is a shocking story told by a searingly honest writer ready to look her country - and herself - squarely in the eye.

It offers no false cheer, but something far more valuable and compelling: the often painful truth.' JONATHAN FREEDLAND, Author, The Escape Artist'A heart-wrenching and illuminating memoir of a daughter's quest for answers and the ever-elusive "closure"' KERRY DAYNES, Author, The Dark Side of the Mind and What Lies BuriedA searing, intimate memoir tracing the author's attempt to find out the truth about her father's murder. Robin McGregor, an older man who has recently moved into a small town outside Cape Town, is brutally murdered in his home.

Cecil Thomas is convicted for the crime, but his trial leaves more questions than answers.

As much as his daughter Liz McGregor tries to move beyond her grief - she finds new work, she even discovers love - she still wants answers.

What drove Thomas to torture and kill a complete stranger?The author meets the murderer's family and discovers that he comes from a loving, comfortable home.

He is educated and skilled, there is no apparent reason for his descent into delinquency.

After protracted obstruction from the prison authorities, she finally gets to confront him but not without putting herself in danger.

She finds answers, but not the answers she is looking for. Unforgiven tells a story seldom told: what happens to a family when one of their own is murdered?

In a country where, year upon year, tens of thousands of people lose a loved one to violence.

Where restorative justice is preached but not practiced.

Where prisons are universities of crime. What would it take to achieve redemption? For the victim, the perpetrator and the country?

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