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The bay : a novel / by Julia Rampen ; with an afterword by Hsiao-Hung Pai.
Van Pelt Library PR6118.A366 B39 2023
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rampen, Julia, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Friendship--Fiction.
- Friendship.
- Older men--England--Fiction.
- Older men.
- Noncitizens--England--Fiction.
- Noncitizens.
- Foreign workers--England--Fiction.
- Foreign workers.
- Chinese--England--Fiction.
- Chinese.
- Intergenerational relations--Fiction.
- Intergenerational relations.
- Cockle fisheries--England--Fiction.
- Cockle fisheries.
- Disasters--England--Morecambe Bay--Fiction.
- Disasters.
- Morecambe Bay (England)--Fiction.
- Morecambe Bay (England).
- Atlantic Ocean--Morecambe Bay.
- England.
- Genre:
- Domestic fiction
- Fiction
- Social problem fiction
- Domestic fiction.
- Social problem fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 282 pages ; 20 cm
- Place of Publication:
- [S.l.] : SARABAND INC, 2023.
- Glasgow : Saraband, [2023]
- Summary:
- "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."--Provided by publisher.
- ISBN:
- 9781913393762
- 1913393763
- OCLC:
- 1401075278
- Publisher Number:
- 99994856924
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