Swimming at Night, Lucy Clarke
Swimming at Night, Lucy Clarke
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Swimming at Night

Author: Lucy Clarke

Narrator: Fiona Hardingham

Unabridged: 10 hr 30 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/12/2013

Categories: Fiction


Synopsis

In this dark, gripping debut novel of family, secrets, and loss, a young woman travels the globe to retrace the final months of her sister's life, searching for answers about her death. Katie's world is shattered by the news that her headstrong and bohemian younger sister, Mia, has been found dead at the bottom of a cliff in Bali. The authorities say that Mia jumped-that her death was a suicide. Although they hadn't spoken to one another since Mia suddenly left on an around-the-world trip six months earlier, Katie refuses to accept that her sister would take her own life. Distraught that they never made peace, Katie leaves behind her orderly, sheltered life in London and embarks on a journey to find the truth. With only the entries of Mia's tattered travel journal as her guide, Katie retraces the last few months of her sister's life, and-page by page, country by country-begins to uncover the mystery surrounding her death. Weaving together the exotic settings and suspenseful twists of Alex Garland's The Beach with a powerful tale of familial love in the spirit of Rosamund Lupton's Sister, Swimming at Night is a fast-paced, accomplished, and gripping debut. "Swimming at Night reaches deep, exploring sibling relationships, love, friendship, identity, and the willingness to put it all on the line in order to learn the truth. I loved my own journey with these two sisters and the haunting landscape of their travels!"-Ellen Sussman, New York Times bestselling author

About Lucy Clarke

Lucy Clarke is the author of Swimming at Night and A Single Breath. She and her husband, a professional windsurfer, spend their winters traveling and their summers at their home on the south coast of England. Visit Lucy-Clarke.com.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Blair

Despite being written by a British author, The Sea Sisters was first published in the US, where it was given a more elegant title - Swimming at Night - and a mysterious, minimalist cover indicative of literary fiction. I'm mentioning this because had I not seen the American edition first, I probably......more

Goodreads review by Gary

I thought this was a more entertaining novel than my previous read, ‘The Castaway’ by this author. After reading very positive reviews of ‘The Castaway’ I was left feeling a little disappointed and had reservations about starting this one. ‘Swimming at Night’ is the debut novel by author Lucy Clarke......more

Goodreads review by Crystal

For books, I found most entertaining, be sure to visit my favourites. Quick read—had me hooked from the start. Unfortunately, I predicted the ending, so it was rather anti-climatic. The characters come off as complex but were relatively simple if that makes any sense. I've read far better books. Howe......more

Goodreads review by Debra

Received this book from Simon &Schuster, Inc. People go traveling for two reasons: because they are searching for something, or they are running from something. As the book begins, older sister Kate receives news that her younger sister, Mia has been found dead at the bottom of a cliff in Bali. The......more