Boy from the Sea, The (PB) - C-format

The wise and witty adult fiction debut from Garrett Carr. Incredibly moving, funny and warm, it is a story of a family and a town, and what difference the arrival of one child can make. For fans of Olive Kitteridge and the writing of Claire Keegan and Jon McGregor. 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. Over the years it charts the rises and falls in the Bonnars’ and the town’s fortunes, as the global economy and the EU fisheries flex their muscles. The world is turning, and this corner of Donegal is shifting begrudgingly along with it.