Dolphin Song
(By Tom Richards)
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Dolphin Song offers a ray of hope to lighten the dark times we face. On the wild Atlantic shores of Ireland’s Beara Peninsula the story’s protagonist, Dawn McCarthy, suffers a double tragedy when her husband is killed in an accident at sea. Traumatized by witnessing his father’s death, Dawn’s son Jason develops traumatic mutism and retreats into a silent world of his own. It is only when they meet an enigmatic dolphin that the boy takes his first steps toward healing. Dawn soon discovers that the mammal is not what she had at first supposed. As she considers taking a leap of faith, she contemplates a fragile hope for the impossible:
“What would happen if we could love someone so completely, they never die?”
Born Out of Tragedy
Dolphin Song was developed with the help of Irish American filmmaker / director / writer Liam O’Neill. In May 2020, Liam passed away in an Irish hospital due to Covid.
“He was my best friend,” Richards says. “Liam and I hoped the novel and feature film would come out about the same time. Dolphin Song is part of his legacy. The story gives us solace because its premise suggests that those we have lost aren’t gone, even though they have died. Instead, they’re right here. As alive, as loving and as present as they have always been.”
Dolphin Song combines Irish legends and the magic of dolphins with romantic fantasy, offering an inspiring story of eternal love. Readers say: “It’s a story for our times”, “Spiritually uplifting… a thought-provoking story”, “The seascape of southwest Ireland jumps off the page,” and “If this was a film, I’d describe it as Lorenzo’s Oil meets The Big Blue. A compelling mix of Irish legend, the magic of dolphins, tragedy at sea, and a final twist of eternal love.””
