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Where Grieving Begins: Building Bridges after the Brighton Bomb - a Memoir

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Description for Where Grieving Begins: Building Bridges after the Brighton Bomb - a Memoir Hardback.

An enduring peace is only possible through a genuine understanding of the past. To understand the Troubles is to set them in the context of the historical root causes of the conflict, in order to grapple with its pain and its horrors; to grieve and then, perhaps, to heal.

This is the memoir of Patrick Magee, the man who planted the 1984 Brighton bomb – an attempt by the Provisional IRA to kill the British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, and her cabinet. In an unflinching reckoning with the past, Magee recounts the events of his life. He chronicles the ... Read more

A chasm of misunderstanding endures around the Troubles and the history of British rule in Ireland. This memoir builds a bridge to a common understanding. It is written in the belief that anything is possible when there is honesty, inclusion and dialogue.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2021
Publisher
Pluto Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745341774
SKU
9780745341774
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1

About Patrick Magee
Patrick Magee was released from prison in 1999 under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement. For 27 years, Patrick was a committed member of the IRA and remains a republican. He completed his PhD while in prison.

Reviews for Where Grieving Begins: Building Bridges after the Brighton Bomb - a Memoir
'An important book ... Only by hearing such voices will we shape our understanding into some kind of order and reconciliation'
Irish Times 'I read this book with total fascination. Different countries, different conflicts, Pat the bomber and I the bombed - yet how extraordinarily similar, intense, complex and healing the experience of reaching out to the hated 'enemy' ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Where Grieving Begins: Building Bridges after the Brighton Bomb - a Memoir


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