REVIEW OF MY WORK: The Boy from the Sea, the Guardian

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Review: The Boy from the Sea, the Guardian

Mythtime, all time. Carr’s novel accesses these deep strands of truth by embedding the magic in the real and never letting the reader lose sight of either.

 

in the difficulty of these characters’ lives is a sense of real connection that gives the book a kind of lightness, of what might be possible in a real community: lasting ties, genuine reciprocity. This is not false hope; it’s just hope. Brendan’s magic isn’t the kind that comes from a wand, but the kind that arises out of love. This is a surprising, tender and warm-hearted novel about a real place and real people: a gentle gift for spring.