We had intended to move forward with the story of Jac’s life from our preceding post, but as it raised so many unsettling memories we decided that this is the appropriate point at which to take issue with the author, Jim Perrin, concerning his ‘flawed’ — actually dishonest — accounts of the time leading up to, and including, our sister’s death.

We shall be specific when we write of this and there can be no question that our statements are not absolutely accurate.

Our sister was doing her utmost to fight the cancer with which she had been beset. She spoke to all three of us regularly and at length, in person and by telephone and her nearest sisters saw her either at her own home in Wales or when she went to stay in Yorkshire.

Her ‘Yorkshire’ sister went down to Wales twice during that Christmas period and on four subsequent occasions, the last of which was the May bank holiday just prior to Jac going into the Chester hospital. In between these visits she had been taken by her daughter to Yorkshire where she stayed for three peaceful weeks, choosing to be away from Jim Perrin’s domination. Even so, while she was with her ‘Yorkshire’ sister, he hounded her relentlessly with an endless bombardment of letters — these will be the subjects of future posts. (Even worse were his telephone calls; Jac found them so upsetting she asked her sister no longer to pass the phone to her… and to tell him not to call.)

So it can clearly be seen that as well as all her other many contacts with family and friends our sister was not, in the least little bit, ‘neglected’ as Jim Perrin wrote in his accusatory terms, ref. West, page 6, and every effort was made by those who loved her to support her during this, the most vulnerable, period of her life. (And, it is relevant to add, despite his many attempts to prevent them from doing so.)

Jac’s sisters.