Was the book Madeleine written for cathartic or financial reasons?

[Silkywhiskers]

Again, she wrote an "account of the truth".

Not The Truth, but an Account of the truth....Kate's account.

Like the unasked for "timeline", both adjusted and carefully planned to skip around any questions as to who was where, when.

They protest too much....!

[Sherlock Holmes]

Again, she wrote an "account of the truth".

Not The Truth, but an Account of the truth....Kate's account.

Like the unasked for "timeline", both adjusted and carefully planned to skip around any questions as to who was where, when.

They protest too much....!

One person's account is only ever part of the Truth. All of our views are subjective.

The timeline would certainly have been asked for  whether or not it had not been written down voluntarily at the start.

[slartibartfast]

One person's account is only ever part of the Truth. All of our views are subjective.

The timeline would certainly have been asked for  whether or not it had not been written down voluntarily at the start.

Yes, but individually, which may have been interesting.

[jassi]

One person's account is only ever part of the Truth. All of our views are subjective.

The timeline would certainly have been asked for  whether or not it had not been written down voluntarily at the start.

I disagree.
The police would have constructed their own timeline from the statements made by various witnesses.
By having a timeline presented to them as a fait accompli , they were led towards accepting the Tapas one as being essentially accurate.

[Mr Gray]

I disagree.
The police would have constructed their own timeline from the statements made by various witnesses.
By having a timeline presented to them as a fait accompli , they were led towards accepting the Tapas one as being essentially accurate.

What is important is WHY the tapas wrote down the timeline..your and my view would be completely different...mine would support innocent parents

[jassi]

What is important is WHY the tapas wrote down the timeline..your and my view would be completely different...mine would support innocent parents

Indeed they would. My interpretation is so that they would all be singing from the same hymn sheet.

[Cariad]

One person's account is only ever part of the Truth. All of our views are subjective.

The timeline would certainly have been asked for  whether or not it had not been written down voluntarily at the start.

While that is true, people tend to believe that what they're relaying is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth and therefore tend to refer to it as The Truth.

[Mr Gray]

Indeed they would. My interpretation is so that they would all be singing from the same hymn sheet.

My interpretation is that they were using brainstorming techniques to make sure the information they would give the police would be as accurate and as helpful as possible...a perfectly innocent explanation

[peter claridge]

My interpretation is that they were using brainstorming techniques to make sure the information they would give the police would be as accurate and as helpful as possible...a perfectly innocent explanation

My interpretation would be that it was a complete fabrication brought on by the Smith family sighting... there was certainly a storm brewing in O'Brien's head the writer of said timelines, he couldn't recall the events specific to himself

[Sherlock Holmes]

What is important is WHY the tapas wrote down the timeline..your and my view would be completely different...mine would support innocent parents

Good points all, but this is the main one. It is the intention behind constructing the timeline that is the most important factor. The intention of T9 was to record events before they were forgotten in the fray.

[AnneGuedes]

The intention of T9 was to record events before they were forgotten in the fray.

Forgotten right after such a drama ?
How do you explain 2 time lines ?
How do you explain Mr Oldfield's 9:30 check isn't mentioned in one of them ?

[Silkywhiskers]

While that is true, people tend to believe that what they're relaying is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth and therefore tend to refer to it as The Truth.

An "account" is a version.

Kate's version of The Truth is not The Truth, if it was Smithman would be included.

[Carew]

The book was also to be a record of events for the three kids to read when they are older? Its in the intro somewhere. IIRC

Yes...........with Kate`s famously " leaked" diary, the writing of which was apparently suggested by her sister-in-law, Ms. P. McCann and intended as a record for Madeleine herself to read.

This to show how hard they had tried to find her........and as is revealed in the book, seems to be primarily about Kate herself...........her feelings and needs.

Maybe this diary should get a mention in this thread, because otherwise it could seem that until the creation of the book, Kate McCann had found it difficult to express her emotional responses to issues surrounding Madeleine`s disappearance.

I don`t feel that the book revealed any emotional release which had not been already expressed...........and although the diary was not intended for public view, the act of writing it for her daughter would possibly have served its purpose as "cathartic."

Imo the book was simply a way to reinforce the "abduction" idea to a wider readership and add to the fund.

[Estuarine]

Yes...........with Kate`s famously " leaked" diary, the writing of which was apparently suggested by her sister-in-law, Ms. P. McCann and intended as a record for Madeleine herself to read.

This to show how hard they had tried to find her........and as is revealed in the book, seems to be primarily about Kate herself...........her feelings and needs.

Maybe this diary should get a mention in this thread, because otherwise it could seem that until the creation of the book, Kate McCann had found it difficult to express her emotional responses to issues surrounding Madeleine`s disappearance.

I don`t feel that the book revealed any emotional release which had not been already expressed...........and although the diary was not intended for public view, the act of writing it for her daughter would possibly have served its purpose as "cathartic."

Imo the book was simply a way to reinforce the "abduction" idea to a wider readership and add to the fund.

And in the opinion of many others one suspects 

[icabodcrane]

I don`t feel that the book revealed any emotional release which had not been already expressed...........and although the diary was not intended for public view, the act of writing it for her daughter would possibly have served its purpose as "cathartic."

Imo the book was simply a way to reinforce the "abduction" idea to a wider readership and add to the fund.

I agree Carew

I maintain that in psychological terms catharsis is reached by expressing previously withheld or repressed emotions

Kate's book is largely emoted through anger  ...  an emotion that no-one can claim has been withheld or repressed  at all 

The emotions that Kate has never expressed are those of guilt and shame

Whether that is because she is repressing those feelings,  or because she doesn't actually  feel them,  we cannot know, but,  in any event, they were not expressed in her book

Had  she expressed such previously unshown  emotions then the book might be viewed as  cathartic

She did not,  leading me to agree with your view that the motivation for writing it was to reinforce  the McCann narrative,  and  to generate money to cover ever increasing legal fees