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 Wales

• ISBN13: 9781845964504
• ISBN10: 1845964500
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-04-01
• Publisher: Mainstream Publishing

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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