The day that went missing : a family's story /
by Beard, Richard.
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BookPublisher: Leicester : Thorpe, Charnwood, 2018Edition: Large print edition.Description: 288 p. (large print) ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781444836028; 1444836021.Classification number: 155.937 BEASubject(s): Beard, Richard, 1967- -- Childhood and youth | Brothers -- Death | Authors, English -- 21st century -- Biography | Siblings | Death | Grief | Denial (Psychology) | Autobiographies | Large type booksSummary: On a family summer holiday in Cornwall in 1978, Nicholas and his brother Richard are jumping in the waves. Suddenly, Nicholas is out of his depth, and drowns. Richard and his older brothers don't attend the funeral; incredibly, the family return immediately to the same cottage to complete the holiday. They soon stop speaking of the catastrophe, and Nicky is written out of the family memory. Nearly forty years later, Richard Beard is haunted by the missing grief of his childhood, but doesn't know the date of the accident or the name of the beach. So he sets out on a painstaking investigation to rebuild Nicky's life, and ultimately to recreate the precise events on the day of the accident. Who was Nicky? Why did the family react as they did? And what actually happened?
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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| Large Print - Adult | Crosby Library Large Print | Large Print Adult Fiction | 155.937 BEA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 002992286X |
On a family summer holiday in Cornwall in 1978, Nicholas and his brother Richard are jumping in the waves. Suddenly, Nicholas is out of his depth, and drowns. Richard and his older brothers don't attend the funeral; incredibly, the family return immediately to the same cottage to complete the holiday. They soon stop speaking of the catastrophe, and Nicky is written out of the family memory. Nearly forty years later, Richard Beard is haunted by the missing grief of his childhood, but doesn't know the date of the accident or the name of the beach. So he sets out on a painstaking investigation to rebuild Nicky's life, and ultimately to recreate the precise events on the day of the accident. Who was Nicky? Why did the family react as they did? And what actually happened?
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