Night Swimming by Doreen Finn
It is summer 1976 and a heatwave is gripping Ireland. Nine-year-old Megan lives in a redbrick house in Dublin with her mother, a beautiful and lonely artist, and her grandmother; her father's whereabouts are a mystery that she often thinks about. When an American family moves in downstairs and Megan's mother begins a tentative affair with the father, everything that Megan is sure of starts to unravel. From her friendship with the boy next door to the strange food that the new family cooks, from her relationship with the impossibly sophisticated Beth to the possibilities opened up by the temptation of swimming at night, it is a summer that will impact Megan in ways she could never predict.
Doreen Finns work has a unique sensory style, with unmatched colour, intimacy and paceNight Swimming captures the essence of childhood innocence, of family and identity; a world in which the heat itself is a character. This is a very special book that I'm sure will grant Finn the recognition she deserves. - Sophie Grenham
Doreen Finn is a Dublin author and teacher. She graduated from UCD in 1990 with a BA in English and Spanish. She completed her HDip in Education in 1991 and graduated with a Master's in Education in 2001. She works as a teacher in Dublin. Doreen was a runner-up in the Irish Writers' Centre Novel Fair in 2013. Her debut novel, My Buried Life, was published to acclaim by New Island in April 2015. It was listed as one of the top literary picks for 2015 in the Irish Independent and was shortlisted for the prestigious Kate O'Brien Award in February 2016.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781781176276 |
| ISBN 10 | 1781176272 |
| Title | Night Swimming |
| Author | Doreen Finn |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | The Mercier Press Ltd |
| Year published | 2019-05-03 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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