Archipelago

Author of The Mermaid of Black Conch , Rathbone Folio Prize 2021 longlisted, Winner of the Costa Best Novel Award 2020 & Winner of the Costa Book of the Year 2020 Gavin Weald lives with his six-year old daughter Océan and their dog Suzy in a newly rebuilt pink house. It is only a few months since a devastating flood swept through their home, with heartbreaking consequences. Gavin is trying desperately to carry on, but wakes each night to his daughter's cries and his own fears for the future. So one day he does the only thing he can think of: he takes his daughter and his dog down to the marina, to his old boat Romany which hasn't set sail in years, and embarks upon a voyage to make his peace with the waters. They set sail into deep open ocean, watch fish and dolphins leap from the waves, and head for the Caribbean archipelago that Gavin longed to explore as a younger man, before he fell in love with a woman and moored his boat for what he thought was the last time. Now Gavin has a new reason for wanderlust and an unexpected crew, who are about to discover the full power and majesty of the sea. A miraculous journey awaits, new sights and wonders - but it will take more than an ocean to put the memory of the flood behind them... Praise for Archipelago: 'There's a warmth to this book, an exuberance and a wisdom, that makes the experience of reading it feel not just pleasurable but somehow instructive. It's funny, sometimes bitingly poignant. A brilliant piece of storytelling' Andrew Miller, author of Pure, winner of the Costa Book of the Year 2011 When A Flood Destroys Gavin Weald's Home, Tearing Apart His Family And His Way Of Life, He Doesn't Know How To Continue. A Year Later, He Returns To His Rebuilt Home And Tries To Start Again, But When The New Rainy Season Arrives, So Do His Daughter's Nightmares About The Torrents, And Life There Becomes Unbearable. So Father And Daughter And Their Dog - Embark Upon A Voyage To Make Peace With The Waters. Their Journey Will Take Them Far From Their Caribbean Island Home, Into Other Unknown Harbours And Eventually Across A Massive Ocean. They Will Sail Through Archipelagos, Encounter The Grandeur Of The Sea, Meet With The Challenges And Surprises Of The Natural World. A Miraculous Future Lies Ahead Of Them, Unknown Territories Await To Be Discovered. But It Will Take More Than An Ocean To Put The Memory Of The Flood Behind Them. Monique Roffey. Da en flom rammer øya Trinidad blir livet til Gavin snudd på hodet. Huset hans blir rasert, familien ødelagt. Han bestemmer seg for å skjerme sin lille datter Océan fra de vonde inntrykkene, og de legger ut på en lang båtreise mellom de karibiske øyene. På turen forsøker de to å lappe sammen livene sine, og må samtidig hanskes med en rekke overraskelser som dukker opp underveis Gavin Weald lives with his 6-year-old daughter Ocean and their dog Suzy in a newly rebuilt pink house. It is only a few months since a devastating flood swept through their home, with heartbreaking consequences