The Bay

Julia Rampen

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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 retirement home. No one listens to his rants about the newcomers striking out nightly onto the bay for cockles, seemingly oblivious to the danger.

When Arthur’s path crosses Suling’s, both are running out of options. Barely yet an adult, Suling’s hopes for a better life have given way to fear: she’s without papers or money, speaks no English, and chased by ruthless debt collectors. Her only next step is to trust the old man.

Combining warmth and suspense and recalling a true incident, The Bay tells a tender story about loneliness, confronting prejudice, and the comfort of friendship, however unlikely—as well as exposing one of the most pressing social ills of our age.  

The Bay is an engrossing novel recalling the Morecambe Bay cockling disaster of 2004.

Sujets

• Literary
• English coast
• Morecambe
• Fiction

Informations

• Publié par: Saraband
• Date de parution: 10 août 2023
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781913393977
• Langue: English

Extrait

Published by Saraband 3 Clairmont Gardens Glasgow, G3 7LW

Copyright © Julia Rampen 2023

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without first obtaining the written permission of the copyright owner.

ISBN: 9781913393762 eISBN: 9781913393977

The author would like to acknowledge the financial support of the NorthBound Award from New Writing North and Saraband, funded by the University of York.

This is an entirely fictional story. It was inspired in part by real events in Morecambe Bay in 2004, but no resemblance to any actual person, living or dead, is intended or should be inferred.