Swimming Home

In London in the mid-1920s, a young Australian and her aunt are each on a journey of self-discovery -- one by attempting to swim the English Channel the other to rediscover the woman she used to be. From the bestselling author ofÊIn Falling Snow.
Winner, People's Choice Award, Queensland Literary Awards

It's 1925 and fifteen-year-old Catherine Quick longs to swim once more in the warm waters of her tropical island home. But in London, where she now lives with her aunt Louisa, Catherine feels that everything she values has been stripped away.

Louisa, a busy, confident London surgeon, holds definite views on the behaviour of her young niece, but since Catherine's arrival Louisa's every step seems to be wrong. Louisa is troubled by painful memories from her past.

It takes the influence of enigmatic American banker to convince Louisa to come to New York to join the first women in the world to swim the English Channel. It is here, unexpectedly, that Louisa can finally listen to what her own heart tells her.