As the trial takes apart her son's life and reassembles it in front of strangers, Marcia, always certain of Ryan's virtues, finds her beliefs and assumptions challenged as she learns more about her son's death and of Tyson's life. She's going there to do something no mother should ever have to do: to attend the trial of the boy accused of her son's murder. Today, Marcia is heading to the Old Bailey. She must also bridle her dark feelings and endure something no mother should ever have to experience: she must go to court alone for the trial of her son's killer, Tyson, another teenage boy. Yvvette Edwards Synopsis Chosen by Bernadine Evaristo as one of her Top 20 Books by Black British Womxn Writers, Yvvette Edwards' second novel, The Mother, tells Marcia's story. She has to assume the role of supporrter for her inconsolable husband, who has distanced himself and created a secret life. Consumed by grief and rage, she is forced to carry the weight of the family's pain. The author of the critically acclaimed A Cupboard Full of Coats makes her hardcover debut with a provocative and. Ryan, not the kind of boy to find himself on the wrong end of a knife, is brutally murdered. The Mother audiobook, by Yvvette Edwards. The author of the critically acclaimed A Cupboard Full of Coats makes her. Marcia Williams thought she knew her son. Read The Mother A Novel by Yvvette Edwards available from Rakuten Kobo. Then the unimaginable happens, and in a single moment Marcia is stripped clean of everything she had presumed was her for keeps. Chosen by Bernardine Evaristo as one of her Top 20 Books by Black British Womxn Writers, Yvvette Edwards second novel, The Mother, tells Marcias story. The mother by Yvvette Edwards, Apr 07, 2016, Mantle edition, paperback. Shes going there to do something no mother should ever have to do: to attend the trial of the boy accused of.

This routine was part of the wonderful, secure life they had built, complete with a brilliant and handsome sixteen-year-old son, Ryan. Today, Marcia is heading to the Old Bailey.

'Marcias's husband, Lloydie, expresses his tender love for his wife each morning by preparing a cup of tea and setting it by her bedside.

The mother by yvvette edwards