{"product_id":"9781035044535","title":"The Boy from the Sea","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Garrett Carr\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.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003ch4\u003eHardback | 336 pages\u003cbr\u003e226 x 146mm | 462g\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs read on BBC Radio 4A Sunday Times Best Book of the YearAn 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 ThingsThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for fans of Kate Atkinson and Claire Keegan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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 . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReaders 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' *****\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Garrett Carr","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64839104135517,"sku":"9781035044535","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1074\/9358\/9341\/files\/9781035044535.jpg?v=1780057297","url":"https:\/\/adventureintobooks.co.uk\/products\/9781035044535","provider":"Adventure Into Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}