Winner of the Christopher Ewart-Biggs Literary Award, and nominated
for the PEN/JR Ackerley prize. The powerful memoir of a Mullaghmore
bombing survivor, as dramatised in THE CROWN
___________________________________ On the August bank holiday
weekend in 1979, 14-year-old Timothy Knatchbull went on a boat trip
off the shore of Mullaghmore 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 his 14-year-old twin brother did not. Lord
Mountbatten, his grandfather - and uncle to the Duke of Edinburgh -
was the target, and became one of the IRA's 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
more 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 can't
always share his equanimity. It is a book that is as saddening as
it is sad - but much more angering than it is angry' Daily Mail
'This is an extremely moving book. Beyond providing a phenomenally
detailed evocation of his own family's 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 Heller 'Affecting and intimate' Mail on
Sunday 'Testament 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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