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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.
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The Swimmer
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HarperPress, 2010
ISBN 10 : 0007301588
ISBN 13 : 9780007301584
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Paperback. Etat : Good. 272 pages. Cover wornForty-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 im. N° de réf. du vendeur 1423v
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The Swimmer
Edité par
Harper Collins Publishers, 2010
ISBN 10 : 0007301588
ISBN 13 : 9780007301584
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Vendeur : Lily Books, Armidale, NSW, Australie
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Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. Slight tanning of pages. Ink mark across book block. Bestselling author sticker front cover. Book slightly cocked. 43-year-old Ria is used to being alone. All her life, she has struggled to form a meaningful relationship with any man. Her existence is a solitary one - until she discovers the swimmer. It is midnight when she first sees him, across the river. His name is Ben and he is a Sri Lankan doctor, awaiting a decision from the Home Office on his asylum application. He is also 18 years Ria's junior but despite this, their friendship steadily grows. At first, she resists anything more than his companionship, but in the long summer days that follow they are irresistibly drawn to each other. Then tragedy strikes, and in an act of violence Ria's life is changed forever. N° de réf. du vendeur 000881
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