The Children of Aberfan - A heart-breaking true story of loss, community and courage

Disgrifiad Cymraeg / Welsh Description

Mae'r llyfr wedi'i seilio ar 27 o gyfweliadau helaeth mewn saith pennod gyda rhagair gan Jeff Edwards MBE a chyflwyniad gan yr awduron. Mae'n hynod o uniongyrchol, deniadol a chyffrous, gan adrodd stori lawn y cyfnod cyn y digwyddiad, y diwrnod a'r canlyniadau, tra'n ddigon cryno a ffocws i'w ddarllen mewn un eisteddiad.

Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description

The book is based around 27 extensive interviews in seven chapters with a foreword by Jeff Edwards MBE and an introduction by the authors. It is incredibly immediate, engaging and moving, telling the full story of the lead-up, the day and the aftermath, while being concise and focused enough to be read in one sitting.

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Bywgraffiad yr awdur (EN) / Author biography (English)

Sue Elliott is a writer of social and oral history and has published five books in collaboration with Steve Humphries and Testimony Films.
Steve Humphries established Testimony Films in 1992 and is recognised as a pioneering producer of oral history documentaries. His award-winning films have been shown on all main UK channels and across the English-speaking world.
Bevan Jones grew up close to the south Wales valleys and has worked as a writer, editor and academic, latterly for US universities in London.

Adolygiad y cyhoeddwr (EN) / Publisher review (English)

The story of a tragedy never forgotten, and a community who came together to mourn a generation of children
In October 1966, a small Welsh mining village was hit by disaster. Heavy rain had been pounding the village for days and over time filled a tip containing coal waste, situated high above the village. Within minutes, the coal tip had slid down the mountain, engulfing a farm, several houses and a school, and ultimately killing 28 adults and 116 children. It was a man-made disaster, the likes of which had not seen before, and which attracted the attention of the world's media. Aberfan would become synonymous with tragedy as the small, close-knit village mourned the loss of an entire generation of children.
In The Children of Aberfan those who were actually there - rescuers, parents, teachers, neighbours and children - tell the full story of the tragic event. Moving and simply told, in the voices of the people on the ground, it is a story about a grieving community, about a disaster long foretold but ignored by those in power; and about the heroism and dignity of those who were left behind.