“Even in his sleep he longed for the ocean”. On the edge of England’s wild North Yorkshire coast, openDemocracy crosses generations in this exclusive of sound, photography and storytelling. Hear Candida Clark read from her acclaimed novel of grief and redemption, “The Mariner’s Star”, while her mother, Sally Heywood, evokes the experience of a once-vibrant fishing community and remembers “the last of the last”.
Out to sea from Staithes, North Yorkshire
Sally Heywood recorded Bringing the Last Boat Home as part of the BBC’s IGNITE programme.
Click here to listen
“The Mariner’s Star is a love story and, like all great love stories, a death story... a treat to be lingered over... the writing is so evocative that it feels like being inside a painting...” (Geraldine Bedell, The Observer)
Listen to Candida Clark read Chapter 1 of The Mariner’s Star
North Yorkshire coast
Staithes, North Yorkshire
) at the Edinburgh International Book Festival. For more information, and to book tickets,
click here.
Photographs taken by Candida Clark
This article is
copyright Candida Clark and Sally Heywood and openDemocracy.
