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Swimming Home

Swimming Home

Mary-Rose MacColl

1925. Fifteen-year-old Catherine Quick longs to swim in the warm waters of her Australian home as she's always done. Her aunt Louisa wants her to pursue an education instead. A chance encounter leads both women to New York where Catherine can prove her worth and Louisa can come to an understanding with her niece and herself.
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1925. Fifteen-year-old Catherine Quick longs to strike out into the warm waters of her Australian home just as she's done since she was a tiny child. But now living in London with her aunt Louisa, Catherine feels that everything she values has been stripped away.Louisa, a busy surgeon who fought boldly for women's equality, wants Catherine to pursue an education to ensure her future freedom. Since Catherine arrived, however, Louisa can't put a foot right and she is finding it harder to block painful memories from her past.A chance encounter leads both women to New York where Catherine can test her mettle against the first women in the world to swim the English Channel, and where Louisa can come to an understanding with her niece and with herself.

Product Description

Title - Swimming Home

Edition -

Author - Mary-Rose MacColl

ISBN 13 - 9780749020545

Imprint - Allison & Busby

Publisher - Allison & Busby

Date Published - 19/01/2017

Prize -

No. of pages -

Binding Type - Paperback

Dimensions - 129 x 198 x mm

Weight - g

Languages - English