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  • 2025

The boy from the sea

Garrett Carr, (1975-)

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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.

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Title Statement The boy from the sea / Garrett Carr.
Author Carr, Garrett, 1975-
Publication London: Picador,2025.
Extent of Item 325 pages ;
ISBN 9781035044535 (hardcover)
Other Number pr07822026
Summary 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.
Subjects & Genres
By Topic Abandoned children--Fiction
Coastal settlements--Fiction--Ireland
Communities--Fiction
Families--Fiction
Fishers--Fiction
Interpersonal relations--Fiction
By Location Ireland--Fiction
By Genre Novels
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