Our Billie
by Clayton, Ian
"Every parent's worst nightmare became reality for Ian Clayton. On a short holiday break he took his twins canoeing, and in a freak accident his daughter Billie was drowned ... Clayton describes what happened on that spring day, his desperate attempts to save his two children, and then what it felt like two years later to come face to face with the men who had hired out the canoe. But [this] is not a story of bitterness and recrimination ... Clayton chooses to celebrate the life of his beautifu…
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- Full title :Our Billie / Ian Clayton.
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"Every parent's worst nightmare became reality for Ian Clayton. On a short holiday break he took his twins canoeing, and in a freak accident his daughter Billie was drowned ... Clayton describes what happened on that spring day, his desperate attempts to save his two children, and then what it felt like two years later to come face to face with the men who had hired out the canoe. But [this] is not a story of bitterness and recrimination ... Clayton chooses to celebrate the life of his beautiful daughter. This is the story of how a father attempts to come to terms with something that makes no sense at all. A story of loss and remembering, of gratitude and forgiveness"--Cover.
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- Publication Date:2010.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Penguin
- Place of Publication:London
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2010.
The Physical Object
- Description:260 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : : illustrations (some color), portraits (chiefly color) ; : 20 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780141042336, 0141042338
- oclc:ocn751436362
- Dewey Decimal:155.937092
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