Swimming lessons / Claire Fuller.
Ingrid Coleman writes letters to her husband, Gil, about the truth of their marriage, but instead of giving them to him, she hides them in the thousands of books he has collected over the years. Then she disappears from a Dorset beach, leaving behind her husband, and her two daughters, Flora and Nan. Twelve years later, Gil thinks he sees Ingrid from a bookshop window. Flora, who has never believed her mother drowned, returns home to care for her father. She tries to discover what happened to Ingrid, not realizing that the answers are hidden in the books that surround her.-- Adapted from dust jacket.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781941040515
- ISBN: 1941040519
- Physical Description: 350 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First U.S. edition.
- Publisher: Portland, Oregon : Tin House Books, 2017.
- Copyright: ©2017
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Subject: | Marriage > Fiction. Spouses > Fiction. Marital conflict > Fiction. Books > Fiction. Missing persons > Investigation > Fiction. Runaway wives > Fiction. Letters > Fiction. Dorset (England) > Fiction. |
Genre: | Mystery fiction. Domestic fiction. Detective and mystery fiction. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.
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Kirtland Community College Library | PR 6106 .U45 S95 2017 | 30775305518533 | General Collection | Available | - |
Swimming Lessons
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Swimming Lessons
Ingrid Coleman writes letters to her husband, Gil, about the truth of their marriage, but instead of giving them to him, she hides them in the thousands of books he has collected over the years. When Ingrid has written her final letter she disappears from a Dorset beach, leaving behind her beautiful but dilapidated house by the sea, her husband, and her two daughters, Flora and Nan. Twelve years later, Gil thinks he sees Ingrid from a bookshop window, but he's getting older and this unlikely sighting is chalked up to senility. Flora, who has never believed her mother drowned, returns home to care for her father and to try to finally discover what happened to Ingrid. But what Flora doesn't realize is that the answers to her questions are hidden in the books that surround her. Scandalous and whip-smart, Swimming Lessons holds the Coleman family up to the light, exposing the mysterious truths of a passionate and troubled marriage.