"Bewegend und kraftvoll erzählt Garrett Carr die Geschichte eines Jungen, der versucht, seinen Platz in der Welt zu finden, und die einer Familie und Dorfgemeinschaft, die gemeinsam den Widrigkeiten des Lebens trotzen. Eine Lektüre, die Hoffnung macht.
In einer kleinen Gemeinde an der Westküste Irlands wird 1973 ein Baby am Strand gefunden. Ambrose, der Fischer, und seine Frau Christine adoptieren den Jungen, der fortan den Namen Brendan Bonner trägt. Alle sind fasziniert von diesem Kind, dessen Herkunft ein Rätsel ist und Brendon, der für viele ein Rätsel bleibt, gibt dem vom Sturm der Zeitläufte gebeutelten Dorf die Hoffnung an ein gutes Leben zurück.
Zwanzig Jahre folgen wir dem Leben der Familie, das geprägt ist von Fürsorge und Schweigen, von der Rivalität der Brüder, von finanziellen Sorgen, aber auch dem Glück, von einer Gemeinschaft getragen zu werden."
"As read on BBC Radio 4
A Sunday Times Best Book of the Year
An Observer Best Debut of the Year
'Compassionate, lyrical and full of devilment' - Louise Kennedy, author of Trespasses
'A joy . . . vivid, loving and genuinely funny' - The Sunday Times
'I didn't want it to ever end' - Jennie Godfrey, author of The List of Suspicious Things
The Boy from the Sea is Garrett Carr's brilliantly moving tale of an abandoned baby who rocks a small Irish town, bringing together a community - and igniting lifelong rivalries.
Perfect for fans of Kate Atkinson and Claire Keegan.
In 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 - with a curious community looking on - takes the baby home and adopts him. But for Declan, the baby's new brother, this arrival is surely bad news. Rivalries can be decades in the making . . .
Set over twenty years, The Boy from the Sea is about a restless boy trying to find his place, in a town caught in the storm of a rapidly changing world.
Fans love The Boy from the Sea:
'Left me feeling warm and satisfied when I finished it and I've thought about it daily since then' *****
'Books are meant to change you, to shape you, and to heal you, and The Boy from the Sea does all those things' *****
'You feel like you're right there in the village' *****
'Stunning. I found myself waking up at 5am because I was desperate to read more' *****
'Felt like I was stepping off life's treadmill and immersing myself in another world' *****"
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