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How to Build a Boat

Yazan: Elaine Feeney
Seslendiren: Ciaran O'Brien
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Brought to you by Penguin.

Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2023.

A deeply moving novel about a boy and his dream, from the prize-winning author of As You Were

Jamie O'Neill loves the colour red. He also loves tall trees, patterns, rain that comes with wind, the curvature of many objects, books with dust jackets, cats, rivers and Edgar Allan Poe. At age 13 there are two things he especially wants in life: to build a Perpetual Motion Machine, and to connect with his mother Noelle, who died when he was born. In his mind these things are intimately linked. And at his new school, where all else is disorientating and overwhelming, he finds two people who might just be able to help him.

How to Build a Boat is the story of how one boy and his mission transforms the lives of his teachers, Tess and Tadhg, and brings together a community. Written with tenderness and verve, it's about love, family and connection, the power of imagination, and how our greatest adventures never happen alone.

©2023 Elaine Feeney (P)2023 Penguin Audio

 Family Life Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Kurgu Literary Fiction Small Town & Rural World Literature Samimi
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One of those rare books that leaves you feeling less lonely. An uplifting tale of community, healing and the small connections that can change a life. A gorgeous gift of a novel, hopeful and full of humanity. (Douglas Stuart, Booker Prize winning author of SHUGGIE BAIN)
A heart-stopping read and a stunning, resonant exploration of a community, a motherless boy and living an authentic life. (Sinéad Gleeson)
What a gorgeous book. Unsentimental but generous, sharp as a teacher's side-eye and bursting with soul. (Lisa McInerney)
How to Build a Boat is a gentle tsunami of a novel, so beautifully and tenderly crafted you don't even notice you're being swept along. It gets right to the heart of what it means to be broken and searching for community. I can't wait for readers to fall in love with Jamie's refreshingly sideways take on life. (Jan Carson)
A story of absence, love, loss, courage and resilience lit up from within, Elaine Feeney's How To Build A Boat is an emotionally resonant tour-de-force very much in keeping with the unforgettable spirit of her debut As You Were. (Alan McMonagle)
Utterly absorbing... so intelligent and human... sharp and subtle with beautiful poetic language. Feeney is one of those rare authors who can perform linguistic acrobatics while her characters tenderly break your heart. (Edel Coffey)
A hopeful, uplifting story of people reclaiming power over their own lives, celebrating creativity and diversity in the face of those who would punish difference. A poignant and exhilarating story exquisitely told in Feeney's stunning prose. (Danielle McLaughlin)
I really loved How to Build a Boat. It's a beautiful, moving, uplifting book about the ways people differ and the ways they connect. It will make you feel better. (Patrick Freyne)
Sensitive and insightful about those who help us to rediscover our sense of wonder. Full of beautiful human complexity. (Rónán Hession, author of PANENKA)
The portrayal of Jamie's struggle is extraordinarily poignant, and the book sails to a tender and almost heart-breaking crescendo of hope forged through honesty and imagination
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excellent storytelling especially from each characters perspective. Additionally the descriptions were really vivid. Finally really enjoyable read & flow.

description of characters & storytelling

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This was recommended on Between the Covers TV programme otherwise I would probably not have picked it from the title. However it is a beautifully told story of a neuro diverse teenager trying to make sense of his world. I absolutely loved it and was so sorry that it took so little time to finish it.

A wonderfully written story

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Great reading of a story that grows on the reader / listener. The development of the boat - just solid

Kindly portrayal of humankind

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Really enjoyed this book. It was not always easy to listen to but that was part of the story as I’m the background building the boat held everything and everyone together. Excellent ending with some great observations on how we are forged by our formative years and how things don’t always work out easily. But we do have choices and life can be good.

A Story about life and growth

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I loved this book, out of all I have read it one of the stand out examples of how to look through someone else’s eyes and see their world. I just wanted it to continue to find out how their lives evolved.

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