A mother’s struggle

Author Yvvette Edward narrates a gripping tale of a mother’s struggles to come to terms with her son’s murder.

Marcia Williams is a mother and the protagonist of Yvvette Edwards’ second novel – The Mother. Set in London the book opens with Marcia preparing to attend the first day of trial of the young man, Tyson Manley accused of stabbing her only child 16-year-old Ryan to death. The story unveils, that Ryan, a young budding football player, was returning to the sports ground to retrieve his football boots when he was stabbed. It was a lone young jogger who witnessed the incident.