The Boy from the Sea

''Compulsive reading. Compassionate, lyrical and full of devilment'' Louise Kennedy, author of Trespasses 1973. In a close-knit community on Ireland''s west coast, a baby is found abandoned on the beach. Named Brendan Bonnar by Ambrose, the fisherman who adopts him, Brendan will become a source of fascination and hope for a town caught in the storm of a rapidly changing world. Ambrose, a man more comfortable at sea than on land, brings Brendan into his home out of love. But it''s a decision that will fracture his family and force him to try to understand himself and those he cares for. Bookended by the arrival and departure of a single mesmerizing boy, Garrett Carr''s The Boy From the Sea is an exploration of the ties that make us and bind us, as a family and community move irresistibly towards the future.

Product details

• Authors: Garrett Carr, Carr Garrett
• Publisher: Picador Uk
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.02.2025
• EAN: 9781035044559
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3504455-9
• No. of pages: 325
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 234 mm x 26 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Coming of Age, FICTION / Sagas, FICTION / Humorous / General, Historical fiction, FICTION / Literary, Donegal, FICTION / Cultural Heritage, FICTION / Small Town & Rural, Family life fiction, Narrative theme: Coming of age, Humorous fiction, Narrative theme: Politics, Narrative theme: Sense of place, Narrative theme: displacement, exile, migration, Narrative theme: Identity / belonging, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, c 1970 to c 1979, Adoption and fostering, Narrative theme: Environmental issues / the natural world, Saga fiction (family / generational sagas), FICTION / World Literature / Ireland / General, FICTION / Historical / 20th Century / Post-World War II