The Boy from the Sea

Garrett Carr

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Picador
11 February 2025

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Sagas; Historical fiction; Fiction: special features; Adoption & fostering

'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.

By: Garrett Carr
Imprint: Picador
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 153mm,
ISBN: 9781035044559
ISBN 10: 1035044552
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 11 February 2025
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Garrett Carr teaches Creative Writing at the Seamus Heaney Centre, Queen's University Belfast, and has published three YA novels with Simon & Schuster. The Rule of the Land: Walking Ireland's Border was published by Faber in 2017 and was a BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week. Garrett is a frequent contributor to The Guardian and The Irish Times. The Boy from the Sea is his debut novel for adults.