Blunt Trauma

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Publication Year:
2010

ISBN-13: 9780864925565

<p>On September 2, 1998, a fire in the cockpit sent Swissair Flight 111 plunging into the sea off Peggy&#39;s Cove, Nova Scotia. All 229 men, women and children on board perished, including Ivy Bannister&#39;s sister, Patty. Set in Dublin, New York and the South Shore of Nova Scotia, <i>Blunt Trauma</i> is the true story of how one family&#39;s life was ravaged by the terrible event.</p> <p>When Ivy Bannister switched on BBC radio from her home in Dublin the following morning, she had no idea that that the first thing she&#39;d hear would change her life forever. An ocean away from the tragedy that claimed her sister&#39;s life, Ivy soon left her family to be with her 80-year-old mother in New York City. What follows is a poignant day-by-day account of how she coped with the tragic death of her sister, and the painful practicalities of identifying remains and disposing of possessions.</p> <p><i>Blunt Trauma</i> takes a powerful look at tragedy, grief and acceptance in an intimate, fast-paced, and sometimes startling story that shows the past as illuminated by the present and explores how catastrophe shatters imperfect familial relationships.</p>