A Clear Blue Sky: A remarkable memoir about family, loss and the will to overcome

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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, Jonnys 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 his family strived to find an even keel and come to terms with the loss of their father and husband.

Jonny found his way through his dedication to sport. He was a gifted and natural athlete, with potential careers ahead of him in rugby and football, but he eventually chose cricket and came to build a career that followed in his fathers footsteps, eventually reaching the pinnacle of the sport and breaking the record for most Test runs in a year by a wicketkeeper.

Written with multiple-award-winning writer Duncan Hamilton, this is an incredible story of triumph over adversity and a memoir with far-reaching lessons about determination and the will to overcome.

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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

Author Bio

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