Imprint: Penguin
Published: 01/02/2018
ISBN: 9780241976371
Length: 304 Pages
Dimensions: 198mm x 18mm x 129mm
Weight: 213g
RRP: £9.99
The second novel from the Women's Prize-shortlisted author of Unsettled Ground explores the mysterious truths of a troubled marriage and the ripples it creates.
'Gil Coleman looked down from the window and saw his dead wife standing on the pavement below.'
Twelve years ago Flora's mother Ingrid disappeared, vanishing from a Dorset beach, presumed drowned. Everyone - especially her sister and father Gil - believes Ingrid is long dead. Everyone, except Flora. So when she hears that her father has had an accident, and is insisting that he saw his wife, Floral rushes home.
But the answers she seeks are nowhere to be found - only further questions:
Is Ingrid dead? Or did she leave? And do the letters hidden within Gil's books hold the answer to the truth behind his marriage, a truth hidden from everyone including his own children?
'Thrilling, transporting, delicately realised and held together by a sophisticated sense of suspense' Sunday Times
'Assured, multi-layered, wellcrafted, compelling, excellent' Mail on Sunday
'A beautifully told story of motherhood, marriage and infidelity' Good Housekeeping
*A Richard and Judy Book Club Pick*
Imprint: Penguin
Published: 01/02/2018
ISBN: 9780241976371
Length: 304 Pages
Dimensions: 198mm x 18mm x 129mm
Weight: 213g
RRP: £9.99
Thrilling, transporting, delicately realised and held together by a sophisticated sense of suspense . . . more than matches the power of Fuller's debut . . . Powerful , pleasing and pleasurable.
A compelling portrait of a complicated, unconventional marriage, and of flawed humanity, with all its secrets, silences and deceits. Excellent.
It's the sharp eye for detail, sometimes bizarre, that makes her writing stand out . . . A story suffused with the poignancy of miscommunication between people who love each other, of the things we can never really know.
Claire Fuller has captured love in its fullest form, nursed on betrayal and regret and guilt . . . Swimming Lessons is so smoothly, beautifully written, and the human failures here are heartbreaking.
Bewitching and page-turning . . . an extraordinarily smart and satisfying read.
With Swimming Lessons, Fuller confirms herself as a writer of emotional depth, technical skill and sensitive plotting . . . What Fuller evokes beautifully are the complicated dynamics between fathers and daughters, sisters, lovers, friends
A deeply moving read, with a mystery that keeps you turning pages
Evocative, immersive
Extraordinary...From the opening sentence it is gripping...Fuller writes with a singing simplicity that finds beauty amid the terror...might well have you crying out for more.
Bewitching...a rivetingly dark tale...spellbinding.