LIKE A ROCK

Harbour Publishing, Madeira Park, BC, 2008, 1^st.  ISBN 1-55017-427-4 / 978-1-55017-427-4.  Trade soft cover, 304 pages including Index.  Very good plus; small ding at lower front wrap, light edge and cover wear; black & white photos; appears unread.  ‘Chuck Cadman was regarded by his Surrey, BC neighbours as a typical suburban couch potato … Then his sixteen-year-old son Jesse was senselessly murdered by a teenage delinquent, and Chuck’s peaceful world changed forever.  Overnight, the quiet homebody was galvanized into an inspired public advocate for stricter treatment of young offenders and more compassionate treatment of victims of crime.  He became a rallying figure for people across Canada growing impatient with tolerant attitudes toward youth crime, and in 1997 the people of Surrey North elected him as their Member of Parliament.’ (from rear wrap)