Jane Jago has tackled a difficult, brave and controversial subject matter exploring the tragedy surrounding what we see as the ultimate taboo: violent crime committed by children. Jane explores with extraordinary insight and care the devastating impact such a tragedy would have on all parties involved.
We all make mistakes. Moments that change us and the path we are on irrevocably. For Rachel Allen it was the moment that she let her son’s hand slip from hers. For Danny Simpson and Graham Harris it was the moment one of them took it.
Seven years ago Danny and Graham were just children themselves, angry, marginalized and unguided. That was, until they committed a crime so heinous that three families were left devastated. They were no longer just boys. They were monsters.
Released from juvenile detention, it is time for the boys, now men, to start again; new names, new people. But they can never escape who they are or what they did. They will always be running. They will always be hiding. But are some mistakes too large, the ripples to far reaching, to outrun forever?
Jane Jago has a long standing interest in exploring the shadow aspect of human nature and in developmental psychology. Passionate about the protection of children and their right to a childhood, The Wrong Hand is her first novel. She has written the attached note explaining a little about why she wrote the book.
