Jo Cox

More in common

By: Brendan Cox

Narrated by: Heather Long, Luke Thompson

'Jo Cox's selfless service to others made the world a better place' Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States

A touching and very human portrait of Jo Cox: daughter, mother, wife, sister, MP and activist.

'Today is the beginning of a new chapter in our lives. More difficult, more painful, less joyful, less full of love. I and Jo's friends and family are going to work every moment of our lives to love and nurture our kids and to fight against the hate that killed Jo.
Jo believed in a better world and fought for it every day of her life with an energy, and a zest for life that would exhaust most people.' - Brendan Cox, 16 June 2016

Jo Cox's murder in June 2016 shocked the world. In the aftermath of her tragic death her husband Brendan Cox urged us to remember Jo's life and what she stood for and not the manner of her death.

In this moving and impassioned portrait of Jo - as daughter, mother, wife, sister, MP and activist - we see how much she gave and much more she had to give.

A touching and very human portrait of an extraordinary woman, whose legacy will inspire others.

'Jo would have no regrets about her life, she lived every day of it to the full.'

(P)2017 John Murray Press

Critic reviews

The story of Jo's life runs through the book: her childhood growing up in West Yorkshire; winning a place at Cambridge; working for Oxfam where she met Brendan; winning the seat for Labour in 2015 in her childhood constituency which fulfilled a lifelong dream... Jo comes across as a thoroughly decent person who was on a mission to change what she saw as an unjust world... And it is all utterly heart-breaking because you know as you read the book that all of this happiness, drive and energy is going to come to a sudden, needless and irrevocable end... This is not an easy read. It is overwhelmingly sad at times and the chapters that deal with the immediate aftermath of Jo's death, where Brendan wrestles with how to tell his children what has happened, are almost unbearable... While Jo Cox: More In Common is raw, painful and shot through with grief, it is also brave, inspiring and full of love.

A searingly honest and extremely moving book about Jo Cox, which gives us all a chance to get to know the woman behind the headlines and the shocking way she died. Jo comes across as a tiny ball of energy with a heart as big as a lion, a person who wanted to make a difference.

This feels like an important book, and it shows that a beautiful book can be written in clear, plain style - there is beauty enough in its subject.

beautiful testament to a beautiful life

this is a very emotional raw passage of Brendan's grief, but it's also a narrated monument to an incredible life dedicated with passion to life itself, politics, international affairs, development, ... An important piece to remind us to stand together for what we have in common.