
One Day in April: A Hillsborough Story
A Mother’s Journey Through Love, Loss and Her Fight for Justice
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Narrated by:
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Jenni Hicks
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Sue Johnston
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By:
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Jenni Hicks
About this listen
On the morning of Saturday 15th April 1989, Jenni Hicks, her husband and their two teenage daughters, Sarah and Vicki, went to watch a football match. That was to be their last day as a family. Sarah and Vicki didn't come home, and Jenni's world was changed forever.
Since that fateful day, Jenni has tirelessly campaigned for justice for her own and others' families. But this is not the story of the Hillsborough tragedy. This is a story of what came before and after that day: of a mother's love, her unimaginable bravery, a flame of hope that never died and a quest for justice that has lasted three decades. It is a journey that has taken her from Allerton Cemetery to the Courts of Appeal, from the depths of despair to meetings with prime ministers and royalty.
With the final court cases coming to a conclusion in spring 2021, Jenni's role as the longest serving committee member of the Hillsborough Family Support Group is coming to an end—and she can finally give herself permission to grieve solely as a mother, rather than as a campaigner.
One Day in April is the first time that Jenni has spoken about her story in full and is a unique and poignant tribute to the lives that Sarah and Vicki lost, and the final word from the extraordinary mother they left behind.
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©2022 Jenni Hicks (P)2022 Orion Publishing GroupCritic reviews
"By a woman at the very heart of the Hillsborough story, this book is utterly gripping." (Jimmy McGovern, screenwriter for film Hillsborough)
Brilliantly written and fabulously narrated
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An emotional but informative listen
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An excellent and eye-opening book
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A beautiful tribute
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A moving and personal view of a public tragedy.
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Heartbreaking but compelling.
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Amazing
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If you read/listen to this book, you likely know the story of - and battle for - the 97. This personalises the love and the loss, the happiness and the tears, the pride and the helplessness. You will smile, you will be angry, you will probably cry.
The game is rigged. The game is always rigged. All you can do is bloody a few noses during the battle. Jenni and the families did that and their lost loved ones could have asked no more than that.
Heartbreaking
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This book was just about as harrowing as you can imagine, re-living the disaster through Jenni's memories. But the story of her survival through that time, of having to adjust to a new life without her family, and all the while fighting for justice for her daughters was an important one to tell. Not only for her own mental recovery, but also the corruption of not only the South Yorkshire Police but also the Government at the time, and still the Government now is now out there in the public consciousness thanks to people like Jenni Hicks and her resilience and refusal to accept what she knew to be completely false.
An Important Narrative
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A must read
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