The Swimmer
A gripping, captivating novel about love, loss and what home really means.
Forty-three year old Ria is used to being alone. As a child, her life changed forever with the death of her beloved father and since then, she has struggled to find love.That is, until she discovers the swimmer.
Ben is a young illegal immigrant from Sri Lanka who has arrived in Norfolk via Moscow. Awaiting a decision from the Home Office on his asylum application, he is discovered by Ria as he takes a daily swim in the river close to her house. He is twenty years her junior and theirs is an unconventional but deeply moving romance, defying both boundaries and cultures - and the xenophobic residents of Orford. That is, until tragedy occurs.
272 pages, 7 editions
English edition · First published 2010 by HarperPress · ISBN 9780007301577
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Editions
7 editions
English
- The swimmer · HarperPress · 2010 · ISBN 9780007301577 This page
- The Swimmer · ISIS Large Print · 2011 · ISBN 9780753187630
- The Swimmer · ISIS Large Print · 2011 · ISBN 9780753187623
- The Swimmer · Oakhill Publishing (CD) · 2011 · ISBN 9780857351050
- The Swimmer · HarperCollins Publishers · 2010 · ISBN 9780007351978
- The Swimmer · HarperPress · 2010 · ISBN 9780007301591
- The Swimmer · HarperPress · 2010 · ISBN 9780007301584
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