The Boy From the Sea by Garrett Carr (HC)

1973. In a close-knit community on Ireland’s west coast, a baby is found abandoned on the beach. Named Brendan by Ambrose Bonnar, the fisherman who adopts him, the boy 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 is a decision that will fracture his family and force this man – more comfortable at sea than on land – to try to understand himself and those he cares for.

Set over twenty years, Garrett Carr’s The Boy From the Sea is a novel about a restless boy trying to find his place in the world. It is an exploration of the ties that make us and bind us, as a family and community move irresistibly into the future.

REVIEWS

"A beautifully written, tragi-comic triumph." ― Sunday Independent

"A novel of heart-bumping power and sparkling vividness. This is a strange, beautiful, truly compelling triumph, a story about a very specific place that somehow comes to seem an everywhere and a people who feel familiar as faces in mirrors. A breathtaking achievement." - Joseph O'Connor, author My Father's House

"A tremendous story about a family changed by the arrival of a strange boy, which feels like an instant classic. . . huge hearted, masterful. . . Told in a captivating communal voice like nothing I've ever read before . . . The Boy from the Sea is a dazzling exploration of the ties that make and bind us." - Lauren Brown, The Bookseller, Book of the Month

PRODUCT DETAILS
Hardcover Edition
Publisher: Picador
ISBN: 978-1035044535
Pages: 336