Peter CostelloDonal’s Mountain: How One Son Inspired a Nation by Fionnbar Walsh (Hachette Books Ireland, €12.99/£10.99)
Written by brave Donal's father, this is a memoir of the short life but great achievements of a 16-year-old son. His father sees this book as Donaldís living legacy. Himself facing a struggle with cancer, he campaigned as he was able to increase an awareness of suicide among young people ñ a spreading scourge of modern days ñ by trying to communicate to others his own joy in the life that surrounded him.
Peer group bullying among teens is a cause of many suicides, fostered by the heated nature of modern social media. This book is in support of the Livelife Foundation (www.donalwalshlivelife.org). Though many may feel his story is familiar to them through the press and tv, his fatherís book brings his own special insights into those 16 years of fulfilled life.