The Boy from the Sea: the heart-wrenching story of an ordinary Irish coastal town and an extraordinary boy
Feb 2025 · Pan Macmillan
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A Waterstones Book of the Month
As read on BBC Radio 4
A Sunday Times Best Book of the Year
An Observer Best Debut of the Year
A baby is found abandoned on a windswept Irish beach, and nothing in this small coastal town will ever be the same again. The Boy from the Sea is Garrett Carr's moving tale of a boy that brings together a community, but changes a family forever . . .
‘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
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, Ambrose's young son, this arrival is surely bad news. Rivalries can be decades in the making, and families are easy to break . . .
Readers 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’ *****
As read on BBC Radio 4
A Sunday Times Best Book of the Year
An Observer Best Debut of the Year
A baby is found abandoned on a windswept Irish beach, and nothing in this small coastal town will ever be the same again. The Boy from the Sea is Garrett Carr's moving tale of a boy that brings together a community, but changes a family forever . . .
‘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
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, Ambrose's young son, this arrival is surely bad news. Rivalries can be decades in the making, and families are easy to break . . .
Readers 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’ *****
A Waterstones Book of the Month
As read on BBC Radio 4
A Sunday Times Best Book of the Year
An Observer Best Debut of the Year
A baby is found abandoned on a windswept Irish beach, and nothing in this small coastal town will ever be the same again. The Boy from the Sea is Garrett Carr's moving t...
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About the author
Garrett Carr teaches Creative Writing at the Seamus Heaney Centre, Queen’s University Belfast, and has published three YA novels. His non-fiction title, The Rule of the Land: Walking Ireland's Border was a BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week. Garrett is a frequent contributor to The Guardian and The Irish Times. The Boy from the Sea is his debut novel.
Garrett Carr teaches Creative Writing at the Seamus Heaney Centre, Queen’s University Belfast, and has published three YA novels. His non-fiction title, The Rule of the Land: Walking Ireland's Border was a BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week. Garrett is a frequent contributor to The Guardian and The Iri...
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