Home From War How Love Conquered the Horrors of a Soldier's Afghan Nightmare
by Compton, Martyn; Compton, Michelle; Summerfield Smith, Marnie; HRH Prince William of WalesFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2009-04-01
Publisher(s): Mainstream Publishing
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Summary
Lance Corporal Martyn Compton suffered third degree burns to 75 percent of his body when he was blown up in a Taliban ambush. This is the moving story behind the headlines when soldiers are killed or injured.
Author Biography
LCpl Martyn Compton, a Household Cavelryman, miraculously recovered from a Taliban bomb attack in Afghanistan in 2006. Marnie Summerfield Smith is a journalist who has written for numerous national newspapers, including the Guardian and the Sunday Mirror.
Table of Contents
| Foreword by HRH Prince William of Wales | p. 13 |
| Try Not to Think of Me Until I Get Back | |
| I Was Exposed, and I Was Terrified | p. 17 |
| People Told Me, 'It's Only Sixteen Weeks' | p. 25 |
| It Was the Tallest Tree I Had Ever Seen | p. 29 |
| 'Look at the View. We're Nearly at the Top' | p. 38 |
| 'Clifford Slices Through the Defence...' | p. 45 |
| And Here We Were, Trying to Join Up in Hawaiian Shirts and Trainers | p. 57 |
| I'd Kissed a Few Frogs Before I Met Him | p. 74 |
| 'I've Never Liked Gold' | p. 78 |
| It Was Bleak, and the Heat Smacked into Me | p. 82 |
| Hearing Martyn's Voice Was Better than Any Party | p. 106 |
| I Was Stiff, Like a Piece of Bark | p. 112 |
| The Driftwood and the Star | |
| In an Instant, the World Shrank to Nothing | p. 118 |
| That Was His Baby Lying There | p. 134 |
| Keep Running, Babe | p. 144 |
| One Dress Stood Out. It Was Pink, of Course | p. 154 |
| 'I Couldn't Do it For Anyone Else' | p. 159 |
| He Was Meant to Stand Tall | p. 163 |
| Love Wrecks You at the Best of Times | p. 169 |
| He Was Distressed, and I Didn't Know What to Do | p. 177 |
| Nothing Was Going to Be the Same Again | p. 183 |
| That's What Normal Feels Like | |
| The Crispy Strips Tasted Amazing | p. 188 |
| 'Morning, Sweetie. Happy Birthday' | p. 193 |
| Physio, Friends and Family | p. 197 |
| 'Take this Bloody Thing Out of My Nose' | p. 204 |
| 'If You Don't Go Soon, You'll Never Go' | p. 225 |
| I Saw a 50p Coin on the Pile of Rubbish | p. 229 |
| A Place Where it Looked Down Over Us | p. 246 |
| Year's End and a New Beginning | p. 253 |
| We Climb a Step Every Day | |
| I Was, as the Football Cliché Goes, Over the Moon | p. 256 |
| A Duty of Care | p. 263 |
| I Dreamed About My Dress | p. 267 |
| Ben Was the Real Hero | p. 273 |
| The Kindness of Strangers | p. 278 |
| 'I Now Pronounce You Husband and Wife' | p. 290 |
| Tomorrow Will Keep Coming | p. 301 |
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