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    Lee Lawrence’s memoir of his mother’s shooting by police wins Costa award

    Jan 04, 2021 3 minutes

    Debut author Lee Lawrence has won the Costa biography award for a memoir about his lengthy quest to find justice for his mother, who was left paralysed after being shot by London police in 1985.

    Lawrence saw off competition from authors including Booker winner Julian Barnes to win the £5,000 biography category for The Louder I Will Sing. Judges for the Costa prize called it “a revelatory book and a terrific story” which is “acutely timely and exceptionally important”.

    The memoir tells of how his mother Cherry Croce was

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