{"product_id":"9781035044535","title":"The Boy from the Sea","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Carr, Garrett \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 6 February 2025 by Pan Macmillan (Picador) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 336 pages\u003cbr\u003e145 x 224 x 32 | 440g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE IRISH TIMES NO. 4 BESTSELLERA Sunday Times Best Book of 2025An Observer Best Debut of 2025An ordinary town. An extraordinary boy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'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 Things1973. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmbrose, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReaders love this gorgeous debut:'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' *****'Left me feeling warm and satisfied when I finished it and I’ve thought about it daily since then' *****\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cobham Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55491190555010,"sku":"9781035044535","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0569\/4567\/2367\/files\/9781035044535.jpg?v=1753741363","url":"https:\/\/www.cobhambooks.pro\/products\/9781035044535","provider":"Cobham Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}