A Very Tall Story

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This is a rugby autobiography that tells a full and often funny and sometimes painful and moving story of a giant. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.Grace lives alone in Ballybrady, a little village on the sublimely beautiful east coast of Northern Ireland. Standing at 6ft 10ins, the former England and British and Irish Lions second row remains one of the tallest players ever to have played international rugby, and his immense physical stature made him one of the most destructive forwards in the world game.

She fills her days with swimming, fishing, quilting, and baiting the tourists who arrive from the city with more money than sense. A warm, unsentimental and beautifully-observed book for our times' Lucy Caldwell, author of These Days 'If I were in bother I'd want the Ballybrady bunch at my back. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.

Now Bayfield is ready to reveal the inside story of that rip-roaring decade that changed forever the face of English rugby. He played for England during one of the most successful eras in English rugby, winning two Grand Slams alongside legendary players such as Will Carling, Jeremy Guscott, Brian Moore and Rory Underwood. This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.

When Grace saves his life in a kayaking accident - if it was an accident - and Evan's troubled son arrives to stay, all three are drawn together in a way that forces a reckoning with their personal traumas and draws them back into society. We're always happy to answer any questions or queries you might have, please get in touch using one of the methods below.Renowned as one of rugby's best and most entertaining storytellers, the former policeman and Hagrid's body double has written a brilliant and very funny love letter to a sport that continues to inspire and entertain millions. I understand I can change my preference through my account settings or unsubscribe directly from any marketing communications at any time. He played for England during one of the most successful eras in English rugby, winning two Grand Slams alongside legendary players such as Will Carling, Jeremy Guscott, Brian Moore and Rory Underwood. The usual format seems to be a macho picture on the cover and inside a discription of rugby matches from the past, pay back for, grudges, injuries, crude anecdotes, drunken adventures and lists of "lad's" practical jokes, hilarious no doubt for the particiants but tedious for the rest of us. The book provides an emotional link between the generations, so that today's fans can reconnect with rugby's soul.

Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item. He has come to try to process his grief and make himself desirable again as a husband, a father and a business partner.As a second row forward, he won 31 caps for England and three for the British Lions during the 1990s, when he was also a serving police officer. One of the tourists is Evan, taking an enforced holiday from his family and work in Belfast after breaking down after the death of his daughter in infancy. Renowned as one of rugby’s best and most entertaining storytellers, the former policeman and Hagrid’s body double has written a brilliant and very funny love letter to a sport that continues to inspire and entertain millions. Come down the travelators, exit Sainsbury's, turn right and follow the pedestrianised walkway to Crown Walk and turn right - and Coles will be right in front of you. She hasn't left the village since a traumatic stay in London as a young woman at the end of the 1980s.