Swimming for Beginners: The emotional and uplifting new read of 2023

'Eleanor Oliphant meets About a Boy' - Gillian Harvey

'A beautiful read full of heart and depth’ - Nina Pottell, Prima Magazine

Funny, heartbreaking and life-affirming, Swimming for Beginners will show you how a child can open your heart even if you aren't a mother.

Loretta has life under control.

She's good at avoiding things that make her uncomfortable, she's chasing a big promotion at work, and she's marrying a man whose five-year plan aligns perfectly with her own.

Children do not come into the mix.

This all changes, however, when a stranger in an airport asks Loretta to keep an eye on her sleeping six-year-old, Phoebe. The stranger never comes back.

Loretta knows that Phoebe's life will change forever from that moment. But so will hers.

This strange little person in fairy wings will turn Loretta's world upside down and cause her to question everything she knows about herself.

Dive into Nicola Gill's heart-warming and relatable journey into the power of a child's love and its ability to transcend motherhood.

Early praise for Nicola Gill:

'Brilliantly funny, incredibly touching and so relatable.’- Louise Hare, author of This Lovely City

‘Please meet my new favourite book.' - Jessica Ryn, author of The Extraordinary Hope of Dawn Brightside

'Heartbreaking and life-affirming, an absolute must read’ - Tim Ewins, author of We Are Animals