The Bay
$28.74
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
29 February 2024
Summary
A tender and poignant debut of the redemptive power of unexpected friendship.
In an old-fashioned fishing community on Morecambe Bay, change is imperceptibly slow. Treacherous tides sweep the quicksands, claiming everything in their path.
As a boy, Arthur had followed in his father’s and grandfather’s footprints, learning to read the currents and shifting sands. Now retired and widowed, though, he feels invisible, redundant. His daughter wants him in a retirem…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781913393762 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1913393763 |
| Author: | J.M. Rampen, Hsiao-Hung Pai |
| Publisher: | Saraband |
| Imprint: | Saraband |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 29 February 2024 |
| Weight: | 206g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm |
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‘Careful and compassionate … subtle, human and meaningful, but also full of humour, and precise and beautiful description.’
– Emma Healey, author of Elizabeth Is MissingAbout The Author
J.M. Rampen
Julia Rampen is a Scottish-Canadian journalist and writer with a long track record of working with refugees and undocumented migrants. She is Media Director of IMIX, a charity helping immigrants tell their stories, and has worked for The Toronto Globe & Mail, The New Statesman, and the Liverpool Echo, as well as contributing to the Guardian, BBC Radio, and Sky News. The Bay was written in consultation with those who investigated the Morecambe Bay tragedy at the time (2004) and told the survivors’ stories.
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