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Under a Pink Sky

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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

Unflinchingly honest...a very powerful and very moving book

On 11 February 2023, 16-year-old Brianna Ghey was lured to a local park where she was tragically murdered. Amidst the international outpouring of outrage, anguish and displays of support, her usually shy and private mother, Esther, came to reflect on how she could redirect her personal grief into campaigning to help others and to create a lasting legacy for her child. A clarion call for change, this is an essential and urgent read about finding threads of hope in the darkest of times and uniting to protect our young people from the threats they face in an increasingly unchecked digital world.

A MOTHER’S TRUE STORY OF LOVE, LOSS, THE POWER OF FORGIVENESS &amp; THE FIGHT TO PROTECT OUR CHILDREN’S FUTURES IN THE DIGITAL AGE. 
 
'Remarkable' Daily Mail 
 
'Remarkable…really honest' Lorraine Kelly 
 
'A very powerful and very moving book' Anita Rani, Woman's Hour 
 
'One of the most unflinching, inspirational autobiographies I’ve read, a remarkable cry of hope from the depths of despair' Guardian 
 
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 is a campaigner for social media reform and is the founder of Peace and Mind UK, a service dedicated to improving mental health for young people and their families through the promotion of mindfulness in schools. She has been interviewed across the national media, including a high-profile Newsnight interview with Laura Kuenssberg, taken her campaign to the House of Commons and become an ambassador for the Mindfulness in Schools Project. She is now at the centre of the debate around banning phones in schools and driving better online safety for children and young people. Esther was named The Independent’s Most Influential Woman of 2024, leading a cast of fifty politicians, campaigners, businesswoman, athletes and celebrities who have all played a prominent part in British life, as well as being listed among GQs Heroes of 2024. Under a Pink Sky is her first book.

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