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Swimming For Beginners: The emotional and uplifting new read of 2023

Swimming For Beginners: The emotional and uplifting new read of 2023

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"Swimming for Beginners" is a heartwarming and creative contemporary fiction story of unexpected self-discovery. It follows Loretta, who has her life under control until a stranger asks her to watch her six-year-old daughter in an airport and never returns. This event changes both their lives forever, as a child's love shows Loretta what she's missing. The book is overflowing with humour and heartbreak, and is relatable to many.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 352 pages
Publication date: 14 September 2023
Publisher: Bedford Square Publishers

Swimming for Beginners


The perfect mix of funny, poignant and heartwarming. - Good Housekeeping

‘Warm, witty but also heart-wrenching read - Red Magazine

Touching and witty. I adored Loretta and her relationship with Phoebe - Lisa Snowdon.

This heart-warming and creative contemporary fiction is a story of unexpected self-discovery. - Woman s Weekly

Full of heart and depth. - Prima Book of the Month

‘Funny, heart-warming read - it made me laugh and cry - Nikki Smith, author of The Beach Party

Eleanor Oliphant meets About a Boy - Gillian Harvey

A beautiful read full of heart and depth - Nina Pottell, Prima Magazine

An absolute joy - Nancy Peach

Brilliantly funny - Louise Hare

Swimming for Beginners will show you how a child can open your heart even if you aren't a mother.

Loretta has her life under control. She's chasing a big promotion, she's marrying the perfect man and she has a flawless five-year plan.

This plan does not include children.

But when a complete stranger asks her to watch her six-year-old daughter in an airport and never returns, both their lives will be changed forever.

A little human in fairy wings and sparkly cowgirl boots will turn Loretta's world upside down and maybe, just maybe, show her exactly what she's missing.

Overflowing with humour and heartbreak, Nicola Gill takes us on a relatable journey of self-discovery through the power of a child's love.

Brilliantly funny, incredibly touching and so relatable. - Louise Hare, author of This Lovely City

‘Please meet my new favourite book.

- Jessica Ryn, author of The Extraordinary Hope of Dawn Brightside

Heartbreaking and life-affirming, an absolute must read - Tim Ewins, author of We Are Animals

Weight: 234g
Dimension: 129 x 198 x 24 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781915798701

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