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A gripping, captivating novel about love, loss and what home really means.



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‘A tender, unconventional love story unfolds, until tragedy intervenes…Tearne’s descriptions of the wide Suffolk skies are breathtaking; she has a wonderful ability to create atmosphere’ The Times

‘Broodingly atmospheric…Roma Tearne is one of those writers who manage to interweave the political and personal to tremendous effect…Tearne captures a shifting social and political landscape and questions notions of home and homeland…[she] draws her characters with an artist’s precision… her extraordinary book offers a rare insight into the subtle and dramatic ways we are shaped by conflict, and how our personal lives can be overtaken by political forces’ Independent

‘Topical themes such as the war on terror and the treatment of asylum seekers are cleverly presented against a background of love, grief and guilt; all this is drawn together by a theme of belonging…this is beautifully atmospheric writing, deeply moving and thought-provoking’ Books Quarterly (Waterstones)

‘A lyrical tale of love and loss’ Country and Town House

‘[A] moving tale of forbidden love’ Bella

The Swimmer

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      Publisher Harper Collins
      Imprint William Collins
      Published 9 February 2010
      ISBN-13 9780007301591
      978-0007301591
      ISBN-10 0007301596

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      A gripping, captivating novel about love, loss and what home really means.



      Trade Review

      ‘A tender, unconventional love story unfolds, until tragedy intervenes…Tearne’s descriptions of the wide Suffolk skies are breathtaking; she has a wonderful ability to create atmosphere’ The Times

      ‘Broodingly atmospheric…Roma Tearne is one of those writers who manage to interweave the political and personal to tremendous effect…Tearne captures a shifting social and political landscape and questions notions of home and homeland…[she] draws her characters with an artist’s precision… her extraordinary book offers a rare insight into the subtle and dramatic ways we are shaped by conflict, and how our personal lives can be overtaken by political forces’ Independent

      ‘Topical themes such as the war on terror and the treatment of asylum seekers are cleverly presented against a background of love, grief and guilt; all this is drawn together by a theme of belonging…this is beautifully atmospheric writing, deeply moving and thought-provoking’ Books Quarterly (Waterstones)

      ‘A lyrical tale of love and loss’ Country and Town House

      ‘[A] moving tale of forbidden love’ Bella

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