An abandoned boy reshapes a small Irish town
In 1973 on Ireland’s west coast, a baby found alone on the beach is adopted by fisherman Ambrose Bonnar and becomes Brendan, a boy the whole town cannot stop watching. Over two turbulent decades, his uncanny pull fractures and binds a family and community living through change, rivalry and the endless rhythm of the sea.
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An abandoned boy reshapes a small Irish town
In 1973 on Ireland’s west coast, a baby found alone on the beach is adopted by fisherman Ambrose Bonnar and becomes Brendan, a boy the whole town cannot stop watching. Over two turbulent decades, his uncanny pull fractures and binds a family and community living through change, rivalry and the endless rhythm of the sea.
- Book Synopsis
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'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.
- About The Author
- Garrett Carr teaches Creative Writing at the Seamus Heaney Centre, Queen's University Belfast, and he is a frequent contributor to The Guardian and The Irish Times. His non-fiction The Rule of the Land: Walking Ireland's Border was a BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week. The Boy from the Sea is his debut novel.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781035044559
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Picador, (06 February 2025)
- Number of Pages
- 336
- Weight
- 418 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 234 x 153 x 26 mm
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