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The Swimmer

by Roma Tearne
£7.99   paperback  HarperCollins Publishers (HarperPress) (2010)

The Swimmer by Roma Tearne 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 strikes.

ISBN 13: 9780007301591 | ISBN 10: 0007301596