Missing Madeleine book is ‘truthful and scathing’ - Philomena McCann
Page 1 of 2 • 1, 2 
Missing Madeleine book is ‘truthful and scathing’ - Philomena McCann
relative of little girl may find mccanns’ account of disappearance ‘too upsetting’ to read
Missing Madeleine book is ‘truthful and scathing’
By Mel Fairhurst
Published: 25/11/2010
Philomena McCann: support
More Pictures
An aunt of missing youngster Madeleine McCann has described a new book about her disappearance as “truthful and scathing”.
The girl’s parents, Gerry and Kate, have secured a multimillion-pound deal to write an account of their search for their daughter, who vanished from a holiday apartment in Portugal in 2007.
Money raised by sales of the book, entitled Madeleine, will be used to pay for their ongoing hunt for the child, who was aged four when she disappeared.
The couple, who are both 42 and have five-year-old twins Amelie and Sean, revealed recently that their search fund was dwindling.
Mr McCann’s older sister Philomena McCann, 46, who lives at Ullapool in Wester Ross and is head of social subjects at the local high school, said Kate had finished writing and the book was being edited.
Ms McCann said: “Kate is mainly doing it and I know she has written some very truthful and scathing things relating to the Portuguese police.
“When Madeleine went missing we thought it would be really important for Kate to keep a detailed journal and she felt it was important to keep an account of everything and some of it has been used for the book.
“I don’t know if I will be able to read it myself. I have been thinking about it but I think I may find it too upsetting.
“Kate and Gerry feel a real responsibility that they don’t want to continue asking the public to support them, and that support has allowed them to go on.
“They think about what they can do to help themselves and they came up with this idea.”
The book will be published on April 28, 2011 – to coincide with the fourth anniversary of Madeleine’s disappearance from the Praia da Luz resort.
Ms McCann said the family, who live in Rothley in Leicestershire, were regular visitors to the Highlands and “loved” travelling north with their children.
She added: “They will be spending Christmas at home, but we will meet up with them at my mum’s after Christmas. Amelie and Sean are amazing, most of the time the family just get on with things as much as they can but sometimes they just can’t.”
On their website dedicated to Madeleine – www. findmadeleine.com – Mrs McCann says: “There are several different reasons as to why I finally came to the decision with my husband Gerry to write and publish a book. My reason for writing is simple; to give an account of the truth.
“Publishing this book has been a very difficult decision and is one that we have taken after much deliberation and with a very heavy heart.
“Every penny we raise through its sales will be spent on our search for Madeleine. Nothing is more important to us than finding our little girl.
“We are hopeful that this book may help the investigation to find Madeleine in other ways too. Our hope is that it may prompt those who have relevant information, knowingly or not, to come forward and share it with our team.”
Read more: http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/2024271?UserKey=#ixzz16Hbcm2lq

candyfloss- Super duper Moderator
- Posts: 7929
Join date: 2009-11-27
Age: 59
Re: Missing Madeleine book is ‘truthful and scathing’ - Philomena McCann
Did Madeleine really "disappear" on April 28th ?
I would have thought May 3rd was the official day.
Guest- Guest
Re: Missing Madeleine book is ‘truthful and scathing’ - Philomena McCann
Mr McCann’s older sister Philomena McCann, 46, who lives at Ullapool in Wester Ross and is head of social subjects at the local high school, said Kate had finished writing and the book was being edited.
Wasn't it only last week that the book was only part completed according to newspaper reports, that was quick work then

candyfloss- Super duper Moderator
- Posts: 7929
Join date: 2009-11-27
Age: 59
Re: Missing Madeleine book is ‘truthful and scathing’ - Philomena McCann
Guest- Guest
Re: Missing Madeleine book is ‘truthful and scathing’ - Philomena McCann
It's going to be a 'bash' the Pj and look at 'woeful us' book no less.

aiyoyo- Posts: 3697
Join date: 2009-11-28
Re: Missing Madeleine book is ‘truthful and scathing’ - Philomena McCann
An aunt of missing youngster Madeleine McCann has described a new book about her disappearance as “truthful and scathing”.
The girl’s parents, Gerry and Kate, have secured a multimillion-pound deal to write an account of their search for their daughter, who vanished from a holiday apartment in Portugal in 2007.
Notice the different wording being used now, no mention of the word abducted.

candyfloss- Super duper Moderator
- Posts: 7929
Join date: 2009-11-27
Age: 59
Re: Missing Madeleine book is ‘truthful and scathing’ - Philomena McCann
How did the 6000 words came to be in the public arena? Strategy perhaps in order not to give the impression book was already in pipeline with KM diligently keeping journals.
This is KM idea of working full time at home searching for her. She spent nearly 4 years keeping journals then transferring them into this book. She hopes to find 'vanished' Maddie in her pages and every page she flip is money and she keeps flipping until she turned 348 pages into the multi-millons sterling pound deal. Easy money. Err ......who says crime doesnt pay?
Would be interesting to read her scathing story about the Portuguese police. Hell will have to freeze over first before I buy their shites.
Wonder who is doing the editing or is it censoring by lawyers if it is about denouncing the PJ?

aiyoyo- Posts: 3697
Join date: 2009-11-28
Re: Missing Madeleine book is ‘truthful and scathing’ - Philomena McCann
The book, as many of us suspected, will not be about Madeleine, it is all about doing their utmost to discredit Amaral before his book is published in the UK and, of course, making lots of money. A couple of days ago on their Facebook Site, the McCanns posted to a link to Vee8's 'Amaral-Bashing' blog, along with the comment The Reason Why Kate is Writing A book
Official Find Madeleine Campaign A Tale of Two Bookies. Why Kate is writing a book.
Gonçalo Amaral, Fact of the Fiction: A TALE OF TWO BOOKIES.
amaralfiction2.blogspot.com
http://www.facebook.com/Official.Find.Madeleine.Campaign?ref=sgm
Autumn- Posts: 2604
Join date: 2009-11-25
Re: Missing Madeleine book is ‘truthful and scathing’ - Philomena McCann
That says it all really imo

Cherry- Posts: 1939
Join date: 2009-12-01
Location: Emirates Stadium
Re: Missing Madeleine book is ‘truthful and scathing’ - Philomena McCann
Page 1 of 2 • 1, 2 
Similar topics» Missing Madeleine book is ‘truthful and scathing’ - Philomena McCann
» Michael Shrimpton's posts from Missing Madeleine forum
» At last a critical review of the Madeleine book
» Washington musician’s song for missing Madeleine McCann tops chart

