Sally Heywood is a novelist and playwright. She has published over thirty romantic novels, and her work has appeared in theatre, on TV and radio. 'Bringing the Last Boat Home' was part of the BBC's IGNITE programme, to encourage professional writers to think in terms of sound. She lives in Staithes and London.

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“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”.