Limerick: A Biography in Nine Lives

A horrifying rugby injury left McKinley blind in his left eye, forcing him into early retirement. After moving to Italy and rebuilding himself as a youth rugby coach, he vowed to do whatever it took to play rugby again. For the first time, he explains how he endlessly researched specialist goggles and fought his case, until one day he came back.

A true hymn to heaven and earth, Beyond Stillness is a moving, sensitive exploration of our relationship with the damaged natural world, seen up close and often in astonishing, affecting detail.