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I could taste the sea air and feel the shingle beneath my feet in this gorgeous tale of female friendship and new beginnings. I thoroughly enjoyed The Whitstable High Tide Swimming Club: it''s a warm, engaging novel, full of heart and soul, and perfect to cosy up with on a chilly autumn night. - Victoria Fox

It''s a brand new start all over again for Deb as she finds herself at the centre of attention after planning a protest to save West Beach. What lies in store for The Whitstable High Tide Swimming Club? * * * * * THE WHITSTABLE HIGH TIDE SWIMMING CLUB is a serialized novel told in three parts - taking you through a year in the life of Deb (ageing bikini, sunglasses) and Maisie (black wetsuit, swimming shoes, goggles) and the other high tide swimmers. This is Part Two.Deb has finally cut her feckless husband loose, but in many other ways her life is spiralling out of control. With no home, no money, and a chaotic love life, she finds an unusual way to keep both body and soul together.She''s not even sure of her friendship with Maisie anymore. But there''s still something that bonds the two women together: their determination to stop anyone building on their beloved West Beach. And yet, as they begin to mount their protest, they find themselves threatened and ridiculed, and must fall back on every ounce of their resourcefulness to keep going.What would they do without the High Tide Swimming Club, whose intrigues, dramas and escapades keep them afloat in troubled waters?A heart-warming, funny and poignant story of romance, friendship, new beginnings and second chances.Each part of THE WHITSTABLE HIGH TIDE SWIMMING CLUB is approx. 10 chaptersPraise for The Whistable High Tide Swimming Club:''Warm, wise and funny'' Rachael Lucas.

THE WHITSTABLE HIGH TIDE SWIMMING CLUB is a serialized novel told in three parts - taking you through a year in the life of Deb (ageing bikini, sunglasses) and Maisie (black wetsuit, swimming shoes, goggles) and the other high tide swimmers. This is Part ThreeTHE 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. Each part of THE WHITSTABLE HIGH TIDE SWIMMING CLUB is approx. 10 chapters.

''An uplifting story of friendship and second chances. Loved it.'' Amazon reviewer, 5 starsSearching for friendship? You''ll find it at The Whitstable High Tide Swimming Club...When Deb (ageing bikini, sunglasses) and Maisie (black wetsuit, swimming shoes, goggles) keep meeting on Reeves Beach, they strike up an unlikely friendship based on their love of swimming and their recent divorces. 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, and Quiet, anxious Bill is soon welcomed into the heart of the club. When the swimmers discover plans for their beach to be paved over for a leisure complex, together they are determined to make a stand, and to prove that the beach is more than just a place to swim - it is the heart of the community.The perfect summertime read for fans of Veronica Henry, Cathy Bramley, Lucy Diamond and Carole Matthews *****

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Vid stranden i Whitstable lyckas endast de mest hängiva simma eftersom havet bara är djupt nog vid högvatten. Så när Deb, i sin slitna bikini och med solglasögonen på, titt som tätt stöter ihop med Maisie, med våtdräkt, simglasögon och simskor, utvecklas en oväntad vänskap baserad på deras kärlek till simningen, och att de båda två är nyskilda.

Oavsett om det är dimma, regn eller strålande solsken simmar de tidig morgon och sen kväll. Snart får de sällskap av fler, var och en med egen kris att hantera: Ann, bossig och kontrollerande med en äldre mamma som kräver vård; Julie med tre barn under fem år; och den femtonåriga Chloe, som också hittar sitt lugn i havet. Den tysta och nervösa Bill anses däremot inledningsvis vara en fluktare, men välkomnas snart i simsällskapet även han.

När medlemmarna i Whitstables allmänna simsällskap får reda på att stranden och den gamla charmiga strandpromenaden ska göras om till ett stort, modernt fritidsområde får deras träffar plötsligt en ny mening.