The Day That Went Missing by Richard Beard

WINNER OF THE PEN ACKERLEY PRIZE 2018 My younger brothers name is Nicholas Beard. He was nine years old and I was with him in the water when he drowned. Life changes in an instant. On a family holiday in Cornwall in 1978 Richard and Nicholas are in the sea jumping the waves. Suddenly and inexplicably Nicholas is out of his depth and then shockingly so is Richard. Only one of the brothers returns to the shore. Richard does not attend Nicholass funeral and afterwards the family return to Cornwall Paperback softback