Join us in welcoming debut author Garrett Carr to discuss The Boy from the Sea, his big-hearted and lyrical novel about ordinary lives made extraordinary. Garrett will be in conversation with Cathy Rentzenbrink.
Tuesday 18th March, 6:30pm
Above the Bookshop
£8/£6 – tickets include a glass of wine or a soft drink
The Boy from the Sea
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.