The Fisherman's Gift

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The Fisherman's Gift

By: Julia Kelly

Narrated by: Bobby Rainsbury

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The sea stole him from her. Could it bring him back?

Winter, 1900. A little boy washes up on the beach of a small fishing village in Scotland, barely alive. He bears an uncanny resemblance to teacher Dorothy's son, lost to the sea many years before.

When the village is snowed in, Dorothy agrees to look after the child until he can be returned home. But, as the past rises to meet the present, long-buried secrets in this tight-knit community start to come to light. And Dorothy finds herself thrown together again with the reclusive fisherman Joseph, after years of keeping their distance.

Bursting with tension and tenderness, this is an exquisite love story that delves into the griefs and hopes that can lie behind village gossip.

'A beautiful story of grief, hope and love; of dark snowy nights, the mysteries of the sea and, above all, redemption' Lucy Diamond, Sunday Times bestselling author of Something to Tell You

‘Spectacular... a gift to readers everywhere...a treasure’ Adriana Trigiani, New York Times bestselling author of The Good Left Undone

20th Century

Family Life

Genre Fiction

Historical

Historical Fiction

Literary Fiction

Sea Adventures

Small Town & Rural

Fishing

Village

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'Hauntingly beautiful and completely absorbing, this tragic tale of grief, love and longing kept me reading well into the night. A stunning debut that will stay with me for a long time to come.' (Rosie Walsh, bestselling author of THE MAN WHO DIDN'T CALL)

'A breathtaking, an exquisitely written, pitch-perfect look at love and shame, what is lost and what is found. Like the sea she describes with haunting eloquence, Julia Kelly’s story surges then ebbs, sweeping the reader along with its powerful currents' (Jeanette Walls, New York Times Bestselling author of THE CASTLE)

'As searing as a winter wind. With perfect pacing and vivid prose, Kelly shows us not just what was but what could have been, and therein lies this book’s real gift.' (Rachel Beanland, author of FLORENCE ADLER SWIMS FOREVER and THE HOUSE IS ON FIRE)

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This was a sad but beautiful story. It was very well written and the narrator was the perfect choice for this book.