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Under a Pink Sky
- Author
- Esther Ghey
- Narrator
- Esther Ghey, Victoria Gee
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Publish Date
- 27 February 2025
- Run Time
- 8 hours 33 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Brought to you by Penguin.
A MOTHER’S TRUE STORY OF LOVE, LOSS, THE POWER OF FORGIVENESS & THE FIGHT TO PROTECT OUR CHILDREN’S FUTURES IN THE DIGITAL AGE.
On 11 February 2023, 16-year-old Brianna Ghey left home to meet her friend in a park local to her home in Warrington, Cheshire. Her mother, Esther, was relieved to see her go – a positive step after a difficult and increasingly isolated few years. What Esther didn’t know that day was that Brianna was being lured to the park where she would be tragically murdered.
There was at once an international outpouring of anguish and outrage for a young life brutally snatched away and a mother’s worst nightmare come true. Amidst global displays of support, the usually shy and private Esther began to reflect on how she could channel her own personal grief into campaigning to help others and to create a lasting legacy for her child.
This is the story of Brianna’s death, but it is also the story of her life and of a mother who had to find a way to survive without her. It is a story of transforming unimaginable tragedy into change, of the power of empathy, and a call for understanding and unity in the face of the threats our young people face in an increasingly unchecked digital world.
This is Esther’s fight for a safer, more hopeful future.
© Esther Ghey 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025
Critics Review
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One of the most unflinching, inspirational autobiographies I’ve read, a remarkable cry of hope from the depths of despair. Powerful as a polemic, astounds as an exploration of forgiveness and hope
Guardian
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Remarkable
Daily Mail
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Unflinchingly honest...a very powerful and very moving book
Woman's Hour
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Remarkable…really honest
Lorraine Kelly
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Under a Pink Sky could justifiably have been a furious tirade of a book, but instead it is articulate, thoughtful, full of self-reflection and forgiveness – and, yes, it is brave
The New Statesman
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'Under a Pink Sky is an unflinching and beautifully brave autobiography. An urgent clarion call for uniting to protect our young people from an increasingly unchecked digital world.'
Smartphone Free Childhood
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Details
- Author
- Esther Ghey
- Narrator
- Esther Ghey, Victoria Gee
- Duration
- 8 hours 33 minutes
- Release Date
- 27 February 2025
- ISBN
- 9781405974868
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Genre
- Memoirs, Teenagers: advice for parents, Coping with / advice about mental health issues or topics, Gender studies: ‘trans’, transgender people and gender variance, Media studies: internet, digital media and society, Coping with / advice about death and bereavement
Synopsis
Brought to you by Penguin.A MOTHER’S TRUE STORY OF LOVE, LOSS, THE POWER OF FORGIVENESS & THE FIGHT TO PROTECT OUR CHILDREN’S FUTURES IN THE DIGITAL AGE.On 11 February 2023, 16-year-old Brianna Ghey left home to meet her friend in a park local to her home in Warrington, Cheshire. Her mother, Esther, was relieved to see her go – a positive step after a difficult and increasingly isolated few years. What Esther didn’t know that day was that Brianna was being lured to the park where she would be tragically murdered.There was at once an international outpouring of anguish and outrage for a young life brutally snatched away and a mother’s worst nightmare come true. Amidst global displays of support, the usually shy and private Esther began to reflect on how she could channel her own personal grief into campaigning to help others and to create a lasting legacy for her child.This is the story of Brianna’s death, but it is also the story of her life and of a mother who had to find a way to survive without her. It is a story of transforming unimaginable tragedy into change, of the power of empathy, and a call for understanding and unity in the face of the threats our young people face in an increasingly unchecked digital world.This is Esther’s fight for a safer, more hopeful future.© Esther Ghey 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025
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