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One Day in My Life is a human document of suffering, determination, anguish, courage and faith. It also provides frightening examples of mans inhumanity to man. Written with economy and a dry humour, it charts, almost minute by minute, a brave mans struggle to preserve his identity against cold, dirt and boredom. It is the record of a single day and conjures up vividly the enclosed hell of Long Kesh: the poor food, the harassment and the humiliating mirror searches. Bobby Sands and his comrades were often gripped by terror in the face of the iron system that held them and yet their courage never faltered.Written on toilet paper with a biro refill and hidden inside Bobby Sandss own body, this is a book about human bravery and endurance.
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Bobby Sands was twenty-seven years old when he died, on the sixty-sixth day of his hunger strike, on 5 May 1981. He had spent almost the last nine years of his short life in prison because of his Irish republican activities. By the time of his death he was world famous for having embarrassed the British establishment by being elected MP for Fermanagah and South Tyrone and having defiantly withstood political and moral pressure to abandon his hunger strike.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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This is an amazing book.
I expected to be upset as I am an emotional person but Bobby sands' strength made me stronger.
You should buy this book if only to see the depth of pain and suffering endured by Bobby Sands.The prison warders(screws)were unbelievably cruel and inhumane.
It is clear that he loved his sister and family and could not bear to be apart from them.
I expected to be upset as I am an emotional person but Bobby sands' strength made me stronger.
You should buy this book if only to see the depth of pain and suffering endured by Bobby Sands.The prison warders(screws)were unbelievably cruel and inhumane.
It is clear that he loved his sister and family and could not bear to be apart from them.
35 of 38 people found the following review helpful
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i first came to know bobby sands through his writings from prison this is were i came to love his magical way of writing.this book is an insight to the life of a brillant talented ,determined man.this book protrays just how amazing the men on the h blocks actually were. anyone that thinks these man were uneducted thugs needs to take a closer look. this book tells of the racism and prejudice that the political prisoners had to put up with everyday just for being irish catholics. bobby sands and the other young men who died on the 1981 hunger strike were amzing men with unquestionable characters. i only wish he were alive today so i could read more of his beautiful writing.
15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
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To enjoy this book most dont look at it as being political, look at it as a book written by an inmate about the harsh realities of life in prison and about the struggle for rights.
This is one of the most moving books I have ever read and was worth the hassle of importing it from the US (quicker than 4 to 6 weeks).
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Personal sacrafice
An enduring read which crosses the boundaries of time.
All young adults should be asked to read this, to perhaps help them to appreciate the struggle which people went... Read more
All young adults should be asked to read this, to perhaps help them to appreciate the struggle which people went... Read more
Published 16 months ago by Sean
Tiocfadh Ar La
Where do you start with Bobby Sands? A young man, a fundamentalist and a revolutionary.
It is hard not to repsect a man who starves himself to death for his cause,... Read more
It is hard not to repsect a man who starves himself to death for his cause,... Read more
Published on 2 Nov 2009 by M. Faver
HARROWING!
A really well written book, quite shocking in its discriptions of the treatment of the prisoners. Quite enlightening too on the British policies at the time!
Published on 9 Oct 2009 by Mrs. S. C. Head
Moving.
An excellent read of how people can overcome adversity and inhumanity. Brings the horrendeous conditions to life and also shares some light hearted and touching moments from a... Read more
Published on 2 Feb 2009 by B. Spence
one day in my life
a superb book of one day in a remarkable man`s life,,,,,,,,
if u have any feelings good or bad toward the republican cause buy this book to see what one man had to good... Read more
if u have any feelings good or bad toward the republican cause buy this book to see what one man had to good... Read more
Published on 1 Oct 2007 by Paul Mclennan
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