Garrett Carr The Boy from the Sea Paperback Book

A Waterstones Book of the MonthAs read on BBC Radio 4A Sunday Times Best Book of the YearAn Observer Best Debut of the YearA baby is found abandoned on a windswept Irish beach, and nothing in this small coastal town will ever be the same again. The Boy from the Sea is Garrett Carr&#39s moving tale of a boy that brings together a community, but changes a family forever . . .&lsquoCompassionate, lyrical and full of devilment&rsquo Louise Kennedy, author of Trespasses&lsquoA joy . . . Vivid, loving and genuinely funny&rsquo The Sunday Times&lsquoI didn&rsquot want it to ever end&rsquo Jennie Godfrey, author of The List of Suspicious ThingsIn 1973 on the west coast of Ireland, a baby is found abandoned on the beach. Who is he? Where is he from?Ambrose, a local fisherman, is far more interested in who he will become and &ndash with a curious community looking on &ndash takes the baby home and adopts him. But for Declan, Ambrose&#39s young son, this arrival is surely bad news. Rivalries can be decades in the making, and families are easy to break . . .Readers love The Boy from the Sea&lsquoLeft me feeling warm and satisfied when I finished it and I&rsquove thought about it daily since then&rsquo &lsquoBooks are meant to change you, to shape you, and to heal you, and The Boy from the Sea does all those things&rsquo &lsquoYou feel like you&rsquore right there in the village&rsquo &lsquoStunning. I found myself waking up at 5am because I was desperate to read more&rsquo... | Garrett Carr The Boy from the Sea Paperback Book