Product Description
Seven summers ago, Marcella Atkinson fell in love with Cecil McClatchey, a married father of two. But on the same night their romance abruptly ended, Cecil’s wife was found murdered—and their lives changed forever. The case was never solved, and Cecil died soon after, an uncharged suspect.
Now divorced and estranged from her only daughter, Marcella lives alone, mired in grief and guilt. Meanwhile, Cecil’s grown son, Jed, returns to the Cape with his sister for the first time in years. One day he finds a woman’s bathing suit buried in a closet—a relic, unbeknownst to him, of his father’s affair—and, on a hunch, confronts Marcella. When they fall into an affair of their own, their passion temporarily masks the pain of the past, but also leads to crises and revelations they never could have imagined.
In what is sure to be the debut of the season, The Swimming Pool delivers a sensuous narrative of such force and depth that you won’t be able to put it down.
About the Author
HOLLY LECRAW lives outside of Boston with her husband and three children. Her short fiction has appeared in various publications and has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize.
Product Details
- Hardcover: 320 pages
- Publisher: Doubleday; 1 edition (April 6, 2010)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0385531931
- ISBN-13: 978-0385531931
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LOVED IT
This is the perfect summer read even if you are stuck in the house since it is raining. The Swimming Pool is a murder-mystery-character driven story with a lot of twists and turns. I had thought that with so many books about adultery and the consequences of it had been done to death, but this one goes beyond the typical family drama. It is hard to describe the story without giving away the plot, so all I am going to say is: READ THIS.
Holly LeCrew has also won the Pushcart prize and I am now looking for other authors with this award. I have found that it is a great barometer of the unique writing styles that I love.
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Pam (pk4290)was lucky #9 and won this book! An email has been sent!
I wish this was open to residents of Canada! ( I know it is not your decision to make…lol). I have read so many positive reviews of this book, and seen many giveaways, but unfortunately none of them are open to Canadians!
Mary, could I enter if I could provide a US mailing address if I won? I have a friend in the US that would be willing to have it sent to her house, and then she would send it to me.
Obviously not for this contest since it ended last week, but for other ones is it possible?