Where There is Evil (37 page)

Since
Where There is Evil
was first published, thousands of messages about its impact, and requests to know of more developments, have come from across the world. The appendix to this
new edition brings an update, and perhaps provides a kind of closure.

Thank you, Georgina Morley at Macmillan, for approaching me to write what is something of a rarity in publishing, with Gitta Sereny’s insightful revisiting of the Mary Bell case,
Cries
Unheard
– also based on true events – being the only one I know.

I would like to acknowledge other professionals whose names do not appear within, and to whom I am indebted: Robert Kirby, my agent, whose nurturing guidance is special; Catherine Cameron for
her unfailing enthusiasm, and also Sarah Leigh, Mark Lucas, John Boothe, Jimmy Boyle and Tim Corrie for early advice.

Above all, I can never thank enough my family – my brothers, Ian and Norman for their understanding and help, my husband Ronnie, son Ross, his wife Kirsty, and my daughter Lauren for their
unshakeable faith in me. Our beautiful grandchildren, Calum and his baby sister Morgan, both lift my heart, and remind me why I work to protect children.

My gratitude goes to friends who ensured I was never overwhelmed by the hard road taken – Patsy and Fergus Gillies, Madelene Thompson, Margaret Clark, Ruth and Alec Dall. Especially,
however, my wee group of college buddies, still influencing new generations – Janet McGill, June Porte, Liz Bruce, Irene Mcintosh, and Barbara McKechnie. Thanks to English lecturer Helen
Murdoch, who encouraged my storytelling skills, and who now sees a former student take a solo show to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Thanks also to Colin Scougall, Pamela Neil, and Lisa Potts, who
rooted for
One of Our Ain
to reach a wider audience after its first outing in London’s Soho Theatre.

To my lifelong friends, Irene Weir, Sheila Donnelly, Elizabeth Clark, Barbara Jordan and Jean Kendal, special thanks. To Gillian Grainger, and Irene Hamilton, both neighbours and wise advisers,
my appreciation. To my ‘Californian Cheerleaders,’ Maureen Berti and Sandra Donohue – and the San Jose Book Group – much love! To Anne Lawson, Lucinda Dempsie, John McGill,
Chriss and David Mills, deepest thanks for ‘being there’. To church friends, Christine Lawrie, Anne Currie, Jess and Dave Mcintosh, my thanks; they demonstrated the power of prayer and
positive thinking, as did my courageous friend Linda Moyes, who read my work when she had much harder battles to fight than me.

My admiration also goes to three remarkable women who have inspired me recently. Liz Lochhead, poet and playwright, Carol Laula, singer and songwriter, and Janey Godley, comedienne and writer.
Scotland should be proud of these daughters. All have given me encouragement, hope, and good humour: all have immense talent in their own right, but also willingness to help others. Collectively,
they have ensured that my personal testimony reaches wider audiences.

Space doesn’t allow mention of all who have helped set up the charity, and I must respect those requesting anonymity. However, my thanks to Patrons and Friends of the Moira Anderson
Foundation who support the work that Moira’s story started: without them we could not exist, or fund our willing therapists across Scotland who assist families and individuals, and who need
to be such safe people to work with our brilliant staff.

Thank you, Sarah Trevelyan for your insight, and thank you Vera and Gerald Weisfeld for your vision, which let us open the first safe house in the UK for families we support.

To trustees and volunteers, a huge thank you. As an individual, even if all you do is buy this book, you are helping too, with what is a global issue we should not ignore.

It is a wonderful legacy that one small child has left the world.

Finally, my heartfelt gratitude goes to Elizabeth Nimmo, Janet Hart and family in Sydney, and her cousin, Moreen McLaggan of Fife: they shared their memories of Moira, and also my view that even
one person speaking up can make a difference.

Sandra Brown, Scotswoman of the Year, O.B.E.

www. moiraanderson. com

Edinburgh, June 2006

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First published 1998 by Macmillan

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