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After signing the multi-million-pound publishing deal, Kate
said: 'My reason for writing is simple ' to give an account
of the truth.
'Publishing this book has been a very difficult decision and
is one that we have taken after much deliberation and with a
very heavy heart.
'However, in the last few months, with the depletion of Madeleine's Fund, it is a decision that has virtually been
taken out of our hands.
'Every penny we raise through its sales will be spent on our
search for Madeleine. Nothing is more important to us than
finding our little girl.'
The McCanns, both 42, from Rothley, Leicestershire, also
hope the book may help the hunt for Madeleine in other ways.
Gerry McCann said: 'Our hope is that it may prompt those who
have relevant information ' knowingly or not ' to come
forward and share it with our team. Somebody holds that key
piece of the 'jigsaw.'
Publisher Transworld won the rights to the couple's account
of Madeleine's baffling disappearance from the family's
holiday apartment in
Praia da Luz
in the Algarve
on May 3, 2007.
Details of the deal have not been released but it reportedly
includes a 'substantial' advance and 'enhanced royalties',
giving the fund a bigger share of profits from sales of the
expected best-seller. Bill Scott-Kerr, publisher at
Transworld, said: 'It is an enormous privilege to be
publishing this book.
'We are so pleased to be joining Kate and Gerry McCann in
the Find Madeleine campaign.'
The official Portuguese inquiry into Madeleine's
disappearance formally ceased in July 2008 but private
detectives employed by the McCanns have continued the search
for the missing child.
Within weeks of Madeleine being snatched, just days before
her
fourth birthday
as her
parents dined with friends nearby, money from the public
poured in to help fund the massive search for her.
But it emerged recently that the fund had dropped from its
'2million peak to less than '300,000. The McCanns have also
sent letters to public figures asking for money to help
continue the hunt for their daughter.
Along with a conviction that their daughter is alive, the
McCanns are angry they are not receiving more help from the
authorities.
Kate admitted to misgivings about writing her own account,
fearing the effects on Madeleine's brother and sister,
six-year-old twins
Sean and Amelie.
'This decision has not been an easy one,' she said.
'Many factors needed to be given thorough and careful
consideration, not least the impact of such a book on the
lives of our three children.' |
