Swimming Home - Softcover

MacColl, Mary-Rose

Softcover

ISBN 10: 176011331X ISBN 13: 9781760113315

Publisher: Allen & Unwin, 2015

Synopsis

'The lone swimmer, turning over now to switch to a perfectly executed back crawl, wasn't Oxford or Cambridge, wasn't a man. It was a woman, a girl. It was Catherine. Of course it was Catherine.' It's 1925 and 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 and swim, as she's done since she was a tiny child. But with her recent move to London where she lives with her aunt Louisa, Catherine feels that everything she values has been stripped away. Louisa, a busy, confident London surgeon who fought boldly for equality for women, holds definite views on the behaviour of her young niece. She wants Catherine to pursue an education, just as she did, to ensure her future freedom. Since Catherine arrived, however, Louisa's every step seems to be wrong and she is finding it harder and harder to block painful memories from her past. It takes the influence of enigmatic American banker Manfred Lear Black to convince Louisa to come to New York where Catherine can test her mettle against the first women in the world to swim the English Channel. And where, unexpectedly, Louisa can finally listen to what her own heart tells her. Like Mary-Rose MacColl's bestselling novel, In Falling Snow, Swimming Home tells a story of ordinary women who became extraordinary.

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Praise for In Falling Snow

"In her sweeping American debut, Mary-Rose MacColl creates a beautifully by the choice to follow her brother across continents into France. An epic tale of love, heartache, and a sisterhood created by nursing in a time of war, In Falling Snow is one of those novels you will want to read again. If you liked The Aviator's Wife, you will love this book!"--Michelle Moran, bestselling author of Cleopatra's Daughter

"This is a story of love, ultimately, and a woman whose life has sought to atone for a mistake she hardly knew she made... At once perceptive and sympathetic, In Falling Snow beguiles, a tale of selflessness and youthful indiscretion as singular and seductive as one could hope for."--Robin Oliveira, New York Times bestselling author of My Name Is Mary Sutter

"In Falling Snow is expertly researched and written with a keen eye to the complexities of wartime and the mighty role of women therein. From past to present, Australia to France, MacColl guides readers through unknown lands abroad and territories of the heart. For readers, like me, who love to see history's forgotten heroes given powerful voice, you will delight in this novel."--Sarah McCoy, author of the international bestseller The Baker's Daughter

"At once chilling yet strangely beautiful... MacColl's narrative is fortified by impeccable research and her innate ability to create a powerful bond between readers and characters. Well done."--Kirkus Reviews (starred)

About the Author:

Swimming Home is Mary-Rose MacColl's fifth novel. Her first novel, No Safe Place, was runner-up in the 1995 Australian Vogel literary award and her first non-fiction book, The Birth Wars, was a finalist in the 2009 Walkley Awards. Her international bestseller, In Falling Snow, was published to great acclaim in 2012. She lives in Brisbane, Australia with her husband and son and is an ordinary swimmer.

About this edition

• Publisher: Allen & Unwin
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 176011331X
• ISBN 13: 9781760113315
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 400