Justice for Laughing Boy
Connor Sparrowhawk - A Death by Indifference

How can I "rate" this book? My friend's son (aged 18) died in an NHS assessment unit in 2013 and this is her journey since then...brick walls and abuse at every stage in a search for any sort of justice, explanation or corporate remorse. The facts are heartbreaking on every level in their telling. Ho......more

A devastating read that truly hits home the inability of the state to meet the needs of people with learning disabilities and differences, and their ferocious desire to cover their back when the unthinkable happens, and someone dies in a preventable way. I hate so much that some people are seen as ‘......more

A most important book for anyone with a heart. From the opening page, of which I don't think I have read a better one, albeit heart breaking I could hear LB's voice the whole time. A story of a beautiful life denied by those who think they know better. Please everyone read and listen.......more

Wow what an amazing, but shocking read! So sad that it ever had to be written in the first place, but so glad Sara did. Personally, it was a real eye opener for me. You hear things in the media about how people with learning disabilties often get let down and neglected by the system but never did I t......more

As someone who worked in Adult Safeguarding in Mental Health I had followed in the news the sad death of Connor Sparrowhawk and was astounded at the time how badly Southern Health responded to this tragedy. Because I had followed these events I almost didn't bother to read this book but am so please......more