A baby is found close to the sea and a hard working Irish fishing family raises him but not without some struggles . The child Brendan never really gets accepted by his older brother Declan until the end of the book . This book deals with the hardships of fishing for a living and how families are challenging but at the end of the day they usually are our greatest strengths . A somewhat sad read of the reality of living in a small community where your business is never private and escaping this existence is difficult.

On Irelands's West coast a baby is found on the beach in 1973 alone and scared. A fisherman finds the baby and has to decide what to do with it.