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The Island Swimmer
- Narrated by: Lorraine Kelly
- Length: 9 hrs and 16 mins
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Summary
Escape with this feel-good and big-hearted debut novel from broadcaster Lorraine Kelly. If you love Maeve Binchy, you'll love The Island Swimmer.
Once the tide turns, you can't hold it back...
When Evie's father falls desperately ill, she finally returns to the family home on Orkney and the wild landscape she left as a teenager, swearing never to return. Not everyone is happy at her arrival, particularly her estranged sister Liv, their relationship broken after a childhood trauma.
As Evie clears out her father's neglected house to prepare it for sale, lonely Evie finds herself drawn to a group of cold-water swimmers led by her old friend Freya, who find calmness beneath the waves. Together they help Evie face up to the mistakes in her past, unlocking a treasure of truths that will reverberate through the community, and shake her family to its core.
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'Gorgeous debut novel' Marian Keyes
'Warm and wise...a Scottish Maeve Binchy' Veronica Henry
'Like getting a warm hug on a freezing cold day' Jane Fallon
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- brenstan
- 17-02-24
Brilliant
This book is so good it only took. me one day to listen to it and Lorraine Kelly is fantastic as a narrator
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- Amazon Customer
- 06-03-24
Great story
Great Peedie story Really enjoyed Lorraine’s Scottish voice telling the story. I enjoyed the story. Hope you go on to write more stories Lorraine
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- Amazon Customer
- 22-02-24
what a fantastic book
This book was fabulous. I read it in a week hope there is a follow up..
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- Amazon Customer
- 28-03-24
Beautiful easy listening story.
I cried, I laughed out loud to this well written, heartfelt story that everyone can relate to written by Lorraine.
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- Amazon Customer
- 15-03-24
island swimmer
loved it, whilst walking the 🐕It was good to pass the time. Lorraine has a very good voice for the audible book.
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- Cassie
- 05-03-24
Delightful easy listening.
This was a comfortable story. Which transported you to a soft place. I particularly loved the Orcadian references and descriptions of the island.
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- Anne shields
- 07-03-24
Friendship
Never underestimate the power of pure friendship. Great read and well narrated, I would recommend.
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- Isabella
- 01-04-24
i loved it
Much as I loved the Orkney landscape and the story (I love Orkney anyway) I find the title misleading. The MC is not a swimmer and is afraid of the water. I loved Lorraine's voice and it made pleasant listening. It's an easy book, and I know I will listen to it more than once.
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- Mrs Irene Palmer
- 08-03-24
Makes me to go to Orkney.
Lovely heartwarming story following the lives of islanders on Orkney, makes me want to go there soon to see it for myself.
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- Sarah prowse
- 13-03-24
Easy listening
Overall an easy listen, narrated by Lorraine herself. The word peddie was irritatingly over used. I wouldn’t rave about it, but I stuck with it until its conclusion. It seemed unrealistic to move away for 20 years over the ‘secret’
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