Swimming Home: A Novel
- ISBN-10
- 0143129961
- ISBN-13
- 9780143129967
- Series
- Swimming Home
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 434
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2017
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Author
- Mary-Rose MacColl
Description
From the author of the international bestseller In Falling Snow. In 1925, a young woman swimmer will defy the odds to swim the English Channel--a chance to make history. London 1925: Fifteen-year-old Catherine Quick longs to feel once more the warm waters of her home, to strike out into the ocean off the Torres Strait Islands in Australia and swim, as she's done since she was a child. But now, orphaned and living with her aunt Louisa in London, Catherine feels that everything she values has been stripped away from her. Louisa, a London surgeon who fought boldly for equality for women, holds strict views on the behavior of her young niece. She wants Catherine to pursue an education, just as she herself did. Catherine is rebellious, and Louisa finds it difficult to block painful memories from her past. It takes the enigmatic American banker Manfred Lear Black to convince Louisa to bring Catherine to New York where Catherine can train to become the first woman to swim the English Channel. And finally, Louisa begins to listen to what her own heart tells her.
Get the book
Other editions
Similar books
-
Swimming Home: A Novel
By Deborah LevyLaura and Mitchell must book themselves into a country hotel near Cannes she had read about in a guidebook. Ayellow ochre Provencal manor that served fine wines and sea bass in a crust of salt. This would be the right place for Mitchell ...
-
Swimming Lessons
By Claire FullerBut what Flora doesn’t realize is that the answers to her questions are hidden in the books that surround her.
-
Summer House with Swimming Pool: A Novel
By Herman KochFeaturing the razor-sharp humor and acute psychological insight that made The Dinner an international phenomenon, Summer House with Swimming Pool is a controversial, thought-provoking novel that showcases Herman Koch at his finest.
-
The Swimming Pool: A Novel
By Holly LeCrawTheir father had been a man who liked to be tended to, maybe she was looking for Cecil in him even now. Well, Jed thought grimly she won't find him. But he in turneyed his sister's black dress, her black stockings and shoes.
-
Home: A Novel
By Marilynne RobinsonReturning to Gilead to care for her dying father, Glory Boughton is joined by her long-absent brother, with whom she bonds throughout his struggles with alcoholism, unemployment, and their father's traditionalist values.
-
Total Immersion: The Revolutionary Way To Swim Better, Faster, and Easier
By Terry LaughlinThis new edition of the bestselling Total Immersion features: -A thoughtfully choreographed series of skill drills—practiced in the mindful spirit of yoga—that can help anyone swim more enjoyably -A holistic approach to becoming one ...
-
The Man Who Saw Everything
By Deborah LevyAs he waits for her to arrive, he is grazed by an oncoming car, which changes the trajectory of his life. The Man Who Saw Everything is about the difficulty of seeing ourselves and others clearly.
-
How to Build a Natural Swimming Pool: The Complete Guide to Healthy Swimming at Home
By Wolfram Kircher, Andreas ThonIn the book he demonstrates how to maintain the nutrient level in perfect balance to keep down the algae down and water sparkling.
-
Swimming in the Deep End
By Christina S. NelsonA moving novel entwining the many faces of motherly love Jillian Connors has the perfect daughter: loving and smart, she's an Olympic hopeful with a bright future.
-
Swimming Lessons
By Mary Alice MonroeToy Sooner has dealt with enough rough waves in her troubled past.