How to Build a Boat
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How to Build a Boat: AS SEEN ON BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS


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** LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2023 ** ** SHORTLISTED FOR IRISH NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2023 ** **AS SEEN ON BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS** Meet Jamie and his community on the west coast of Ireland, in the most uplifting and tender book of the year 'Heart-rending and delightful' LOUISE KENNEDY, no.1 bestselling author of Trespasses 'A gorgeous gift of a novel' DOUGLAS STUART, no.1 bestselling author of Shuggie Bain 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. 'Beautifully rendered and imagined' - Anne Enright 'A heart-stopping read' - Sinéad Gleeson 'Bursting with soul' - Lisa McInerney 'I can't wait for readers to fall in love' - Jan Carson

About the Author :
Elaine Feeney is an acclaimed novelist and poet from the west of Ireland. Her debut novel, As You Were, was shortlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize and the Irish Novel of the Year Award, and won the Kate O'Brien Award, the McKitterick Prize and the Dalkey Festival Emerging Writer Award. How to Build a Boat was also shortlisted for Irish Novel of the Year, longlisted for the Booker Prize, and was a New Yorker Best Book of the Year. Feeney has published the poetry collections Where's Katie?, The Radio Was Gospel, Rise and All the Good Things You Deserve, and lectures at the University of Galway.

Review :
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. A heart-stopping read and a stunning, resonant exploration of a community, a motherless boy and living an authentic life. What a gorgeous book. Unsentimental but generous, sharp as a teacher's side-eye and bursting with soul. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. Sensitive and insightful about those who help us to rediscover our sense of wonder. Full of beautiful human complexity. 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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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781787303461
  • Publisher: Vintage Publishing
  • Publisher Imprint: Harvill Secker
  • Height: 216 mm
  • No of Pages: 304
  • Sub Title: AS SEEN ON BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS
  • Width: 135 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1787303462
  • Publisher Date: 20 Apr 2023
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Spine Width: 22 mm
  • Weight: 301 gr


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