Kercher title to Hodder

Publication Date: Fri, 14/10/2011 - 11:20 Hodder has acquired Meredith by John Kercher, the father of Meredith Kercher, the murdered English student. Editorial director Fenella Bates bought world English rights from Ben Mason at Fox Mason. The book will be published in hardback in April 2012. Billed as a “celebration of Meredith’s life”, the title is also a father’s story of losing his daughter, and will be the first account of the lives of the Kercher family since her murder four years ago. read more Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2011-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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