On 22 May 2017, a bomb exploded in the middle of a crowd of young fans leaving an Ariana Grande concert at the Manchester Arena. 22 people were killed and hundreds more were injured. Saffie-Rose Roussos, aged eight, was the youngest victim to die in the attack. She had been at the concert with her mother, Lisa, and her elder sister, Ashlee. While Ashlee's injuries were not life-threatening, Lisa was so badly hurt doctors gave her a 15% chance of survival and a 90% chance of being paralysed from the neck down if she did survive. Lisa would spend eight days in a coma and only learned Saffie was gone when she regained consciousness. As the bomb went off, Saffie's father Andrew was outside waiting to pick up Lisa, Ashlee and Saffie, with his son Xander. He heard the explosion and embarked on a desperate search for his wife and daughters through a city that was now more like a war zone.
| ISBN: | 9781913727512 |
| Publication date: | 24th April 2025 |
| Author: | David Collins |
| Publisher: | Silvertail Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 338 pages |
| Genres: |
Memoirs True stories of heroism, endurance and survival Coping with / advice about death and bereavement |
On 22 May 2017, a bomb exploded in the middle of a crowd of young fans leaving an Ariana Grande concert at the Manchester Arena. 22 people were killed and hundreds more were injured. Saffie-Rose Roussos, aged eight, was the youngest victim to die in the attack. She had been at the concert with her mother, Lisa, and her elder sister, Ashlee. While Ashlee's injuries were not life-threatening, Lisa was so badly hurt doctors gave her a 15% chance of survival and a 90% chance of being paralysed from the neck down if she did survive. Lisa would spend eight days in a coma and only learned Saffie was gone when she regained consciousness. As the bomb went off, Saffie's father Andrew was outside waiting to pick up Lisa, Ashlee and Saffie, with his son Xander. He heard the explosion and embarked on a desperate search for his wife and daughters through a city that was now more like a war zone.
Saffie features in the following genres: Memoirs, True stories of heroism, endurance and survival, Coping with / advice about death and bereavement
Saffie is available in Paperback
Saffie was written by David Collins and published by Silvertail Books
Saffie has 338 pages