
The Whitstable High Tide Swimming Club
A feel-good novel all about female friendship and community
By: Katie May
Paperback | 8 January 2018 | Edition Number 1
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They swim early in the morning and late at night; through sea-fogs, rain and glorious sunny days. Soon, they are joined by other high tide swimmers, each with a crisis of their own to weather. Ann, a bossy organiser, is caring for her elderly mother at home; Julie has somehow (although she's not quite sure how) managed to produce three children under school age; and Chloe, a bright, brittle girl of fifteen, finds calmness in the water. Quiet, anxious Bill is initially thought to be a peeping Tom, before being welcomed into the heart of the club.
When the swimmers discover plans for their beach to be paved over for a leisure complex, they find a higher purpose that bonds them together, and exposes their fragile worlds to public scrutiny.
The Whitstable High Tide Swimming Club is a book about the power of female friendship, that never loses sight of the complicated truths behind the lives of women who - from the outside - seem to take everything in their stride. It's also a song to the author's home town of Whitstable, where the sea is smooth, the shingle is painful on bare feet, and the air is full of possibilities.
About the Author
Katie May is better known as Betty Herbert, author of the award-winning blog and memoir, The 52 Seductions (Headline UK and 8 other languages). She has also published fiction in her own name: Burning Out (Snowbooks, 2009) and Ghosts & Their Usess (Urban Fox, 2007). She has written for The Times, Good Housekeeping, Cosmopolitan, Glamour and Aeon, amongst others.
She began her literary career as a resident writer for Tate Britain' s education programme, and is currently Programme Director for Creative Writing at Canterbury Christ Church University. In her spare time, she cooks, mixes demon cocktails and walks a great deal. She lives in Whitstable with her husband and son.
ISBN: 9781409172383
ISBN-10: 1409172384
Published: 8th January 2018
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 304
Audience: General Adult
Publisher: Orion
Country of Publication: GB
Edition Number: 1
Dimensions (cm): 2.1 x 12.1 x 20
Weight (kg): 0.27
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