Last Touch

Dean Jamieson was murdered on 04/04/2006 leaving an irreplaceable void in the lives of those who held him dear. Dean's mother Josephine pens a devastating novel that is a deeply intimate and personal examination of the life and death of her child and the grief that accompanies such a loss.Jamieson critiques the landscape following an untimely death; the support of the social sector and the police the role of the media and reportage and the effect on family.Jamieson's prose whilst at times visceral portrays the emotional weight of burying a child but offers amongst the darkness hope. This is a work whilst being intimate that transcends the personal and offers solidarity to those who have suffered the loss of a loved one.