Long way home : love, life, death, and everything in between /
Dan Jarvis.
- xii, 308 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, photographs (black and white)
Serve to lead : September 1996 -- Skive to survive : October 1996 -- The coping box : June 1997 -- Ready for anything : September 1997 -- Reporting for duty : November 1997 -- Baptism of fire : June 1999 -- Leave is cancelled : February 2000 -- Gas, gas, gas : February 2000 -- Game of ghosts : March 2003 -- The C word : April 2006 -- Long way away : July 2007 -- Welcome to Helmand : July 2007 -- Getting a grip : July 2007 -- Killed in action : September 2007 -- Certain death hill : September 2007 -- Cauldron of chaos : October 2007 -- Long way home : November 2007 -- The punishing routine : April 2008 -- The last smile : June 2010 -- A dark place : August 2010 -- A new front : January 2011 -- The other side : June 2016.
"Dan Jarvis is an MP and a Mayor, but this is not a book about politics. This is a book about service and family - specifically his time serving in the elite Parachute Regiment, and the tragic death of his wife Caroline. Dan used to be a soldier, and although soldiering provides the backdrop to some of the book, what it is really about is love, life and death – and all the stuff that goes in between. It is about making decisions when under extreme pressure, about keeping calm, keeping going and keeping a smile on your face – well, most of the time, anyway. Specifically, it is about the two biggest challenges Dan faced and the way he tried to cope with them – taking on the Taliban in Afghanistan, and losing his wife to cancer at a tragically young age. For a long time Dan did not feel ready or able to talk about it, but ten years on, he now wants to tell the story. From the mortal danger and nerve-tangling fear of night-fighting in Helmand province to the aching heartache of bereavement, this is a unique and compelling memoir by a man of courage and character. Though it has been a hard book for Dan to write, it is a gripping and inspiring one to read."--
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Jarvis, Dan, subject.
Great Britain. Army. Parachute Regiment.
Soldiers--Great Britain. Grief. Politicians--Biography.--Great Britain Afghan War, 2001---Campaigns--Afghanistan--Helmand. Afghan War, 2001-2021--Personal narratives, British Peacekeeping forces--Afghanistan.