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This Sunday Times top ten bestseller is a heartfelt account of his son's murder and his fight for justice by Ralph Bulger.
James Bulger was just a few weeks shy of his third birthday when, on 12 February 1993, he wandered away from his mum Denise in a shopping mall in Bootle. Grainy images from a security camera showed him trustingly holding the hand of ten-year-old Jon Venables as they walked away. Venables and his friend Robert Thompson murdered James, in a crime that shocked the world.
In this haunting book, James' father Ralph Bulger describes how his world fell apart in the days that followed. In his darkest hours he drank to numb the pain, and the stress tore his marriage apart. He tells how he learned to cope with his grief, but the sorrow of James' death has never left him. In My James he discusses the long legal battle to see justice for his son. Above all, he pays tribute to his son, an adorable, cheeky boy whose bright smile brought joy to his family's lives.
James Bulger was just a few weeks shy of his third birthday when, on 12 February 1993, he wandered away from his mum Denise in a shopping mall in Bootle. Grainy images from a security camera showed him trustingly holding the hand of ten-year-old Jon Venables as they walked away. Venables and his friend Robert Thompson murdered James, in a crime that shocked the world.
In this haunting book, James' father Ralph Bulger describes how his world fell apart in the days that followed. In his darkest hours he drank to numb the pain, and the stress tore his marriage apart. He tells how he learned to cope with his grief, but the sorrow of James' death has never left him. In My James he discusses the long legal battle to see justice for his son. Above all, he pays tribute to his son, an adorable, cheeky boy whose bright smile brought joy to his family's lives.
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4.7
215 reviews
Amanda Neenan
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October 30, 2025
what can I say about this book? it is a fantastic and I mean fantastic read. it's very heart rendering and so sad to read what happened, It is unbelievable that this could have happened to this little angel. but I must say it was well written and a beautiful dedication to such a beautiful, sweet little boy, a beautiful little angel in the sky 😇🪽🪽 thank you Ralph for sharing this x
Kirsty Giles
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May 1, 2014
I've always known of this happening growing up, but reading it as a mother of a boy the same age as James my heart just broke to read of the terrible suffering this poor boy endured at the hands of these evil boys. I hope I never have to endure the misery & grief his poor family have had to live with since that awful day. I held my boy that much tighter & longer while reading this & from now on. Ralph is a brave man to share his story & I hope he can now find some peace from doing so. Much love to u all xxx
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Katy Jade
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January 1, 2014
R.I.P James , where ever you are. You had every rights to life.Venables and Thompson should be hung, no matter how nervous he was at court I would have had them hung literally. At least now its over the pain has gone, but we won't ever rest knowing that your family suffers the pain of your little soul being long gone xx sweet dreams James x Here here for James and family, 1st Jan 2014
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About the author
Ralph Bulger still lives in Kirkby and continues to fight for justice for James. My James is the powerful, heartfelt and moving account of his son's murder. Rosie Dunn is a freelance journalist and author.
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