Winner of the Christopher Ewart Biggs Literary Award, and nominated for the PEN/JR Ackerley prize, The powerful memoir of a Mullagh bombing survivorOn the August bank holiday weekend in,year old Timothy Knatchbull went on a boat trip off the shore of Mullagh in County Sligo, Ireland, with many members of his family.
By noon, an IRA bomb had destroyed the boat, leaving four dead, The author survived, but his grandparents, a family friend, and hisyear old twin brother did not, Lord Mountbatten, his grandfather and uncle to the Duke of Edinburgh was the target, and became one of the IRAs most high profile assassinations.
In telling this story for the first time, Knatchbull is not only revisiting the terrible events he and his family lived through, but also
writing an intensely personal account of human triumph over tragedy.
It is a story of recovery, not just from physical wounds but deep emotional trauma, Knatchbull and his parents were too badly injured to attend the funerals of those killed, a sadness that intensified their profound sense of loss.
Taking place in Ireland at the height of the Troubles, it gives a compelling insight into that period of Irish history, But importantly it brings home that although tragedy can strike at any moment, the human spirit is able to forgive, to heal and to move on.
It will resonate with readers the world over, From a Clear Blue Sky is a minute by minute story of what happened that day, and what happened afterwards, It is a proper four hanky bawler, and the exactitude of the story is what makes it so moving He provides a convincing account of the extent to which he has been able to accept, forgive and move on.
His narrative power is such that the reader cant always share his equanimity, It is a book that is as saddening as it is sad but much angering than it is angry Daily MailThis is an extremely moving book.
Beyond providing a phenomenally detailed evocation of his own familys trauma, Knatchbull has lots of wise things to say about how we survive horrors of all kinds in our lives.
He writes with great tenderness and an admirable lack of sentimentality Zoe HellerAffecting and intimate Mail on SundayTestament to a remarkable, benevolent soul With this public love letter he has found a way to say goodbye The Sunday Times
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excellent book by an author with a commitment to fairness, even in terrible circumstances, We need people like this, He is also a gripping writer and the two things don't always go together,