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Family tragedy fuels a cricketer’s rise to greatness.

A Clear Blue Sky

A Remarkable Memoir About Family, Loss and the Will to Overcome

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  • Paperback

    320 pages

  • Release Date

    3 June 2018

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Summary

WINNER OF THE WISDEN BOOK OF THE YEAR

As a young boy of eight, Jonny Bairstow was dealt a cruel blow. His father David ‘Bluey’ Bairstow, the combative and very popular wicketkeeper and captain of Yorkshire, took his own life at the age of forty-six.

David left behind Jonny, Jonny’s sister Becky and half-brother Andy, and his wife Janet, who had recently been diagnosed with cancer at the time of his death. From these incredibly tough circumstances, Jonny and hi…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780008232696
ISBN-10:0008232695
Author:Jonny Bairstow, Duncan Hamilton
Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint:HarperCollins
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:320
Release Date:3 June 2018
Weight:280g
Dimensions:24mm x 129mm x 198mm
A-Format
B-Format
A Clear Blue Sky by Jonny Bairstow - ISBN: 9780008232696
129 × 198 mm
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A4
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What They're Saying

Critics Review

‘Incredible… outstanding… A Clear Blue Sky is not just the ‘cricket’ book of the year. It will become a very important reference point for anyone who has suffered like they have… It will be an inspiration to thousands’ Daily Mail

‘A Clear Blue Sky is far more gripping and revealing than most of its peers… The passages about love and loss are superbly orchestrated’ Daily Telegraph

‘Profoundly moving’ Sky Sports

‘Moving’ Sunday Times Books of the Year

‘An exceptional book in every way’ Daily Mail Books of the Year

About The Author

Jonny Bairstow

Duncan Hamilton was a journalist at the Nottingham Evening Post for over twenty years. He now works and lives in Leeds.

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