{"product_id":"from-a-clear-blue-sky-surviving-the-mountbatten-bomb-paperback","title":"From a Clear Blue Sky: Surviving the Mountbatten Bomb - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTimothy Knatchbull\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe prize-winning, \"exceptionally moving\" memoir of a family boat trip, an IRA bombing, and a teenager's loss of his twin brother (\u003ci\u003eThe Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristopher Ewart-Biggs Literary Award Winner and PEN\/JR Ackerley Prize Nominee\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e On an August weekend in 1979, fourteen-year-old Timothy Knatchbull joined his family on a boat trip off the shore of Mullaghmore in County Sligo, Ireland. By noon, an Irish Republican Army bomb had destroyed the boat, leaving four dead. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The author survived, but his grandparents, family friend, and twin brother did not. Lord Mountbatten, his grandfather, was the target, and became one of the IRA's most high-profile assassinations. Knatchbull and his parents were too badly injured to attend the funerals of those killed, which only intensified their profound sense of loss. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Telling this story decades later, Knatchbull not only revisits these terrible events but also writes an intensely personal account of human triumph over tragedy--a story of recovery not just from physical wounds but deep emotional trauma. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom a Clear Blue Sky \u003c\/i\u003etakes place in Ireland at the height of the Troubles and gives compelling insight into that period of Irish history. But more importantly, it brings home that while calamity can strike at any moment, the human spirit is able to forgive, to heal, and to move on. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A minute by minute story of what happened that day, and what happened afterwards.\" --\u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"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.\" -- Zoë Heller, author of the Booker Prize finalist \u003ci\u003eNotes on a Scandal\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A very poignant, clearsighted, heartbreaking but ultimately positive account.\" --Hugh Bonneville, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTimothy Knatchbull studied social and political science at Cambridge, and attended Harvard's Kennedy School. He was a filmmaker at BBC Television and the Discovery Channel for more than a decade; Knatchbull currently works in urban design and community building. His book \u003ci\u003eFrom a Clear Blue Sky\u003c\/i\u003e is Knatchbull's account of the 1979 IRA bombing that targeted his family, as well as its consequences over the past four decades.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 330\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.74 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 19, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52748067569997,"sku":"9781504089333","price":37.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/4Q9qSHF1jI9781504089333.webp?v=1762894522","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/from-a-clear-blue-sky-surviving-the-mountbatten-bomb-paperback","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}