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Dan Jarvis

Winner of Best Memoir at the Parliamentary Book Awards 2020

'Dan Jarvis's story is a belter. It's about love loss courage and determination told with his customary modesty which fails to disguise the amazing man behind the story' Alan Johnson

Dan Jarvis is an MP and a Mayor but this is not a book about politics. This is a book about service and family - specifically his time serving in the elite Parachute Regiment and the tragic death of his wife Caroline.

Dan used to be a soldier and although soldiering provides the backdrop to some of the book what it is really about is love life and death - and all the stuff that goes in between. It is about making decisions when under extreme pressure about keeping calm keeping going and keeping a smile on your face - well most of the time anyway. Specifically it is about the two biggest challenges Dan faced and the way he tried to cope with them - taking on the Taliban in Afghanistan and losing his wife to cancer at a tragically young age.

For a long time Dan did not feel ready or able to talk about it but ten years on he now wants to tell the story. From the mortal danger and nerve-tangling fear of night-fighting in Helmand province to the aching heartache of bereavement this is a unique and compelling memoir by a man of courage and character. Though it has been a hard book for Dan to write it is a gripping and inspiring one to read.

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