Abigail, product of a timid surburban background, is bedazzled by
the mildly bohemian Radleys: Frances becomes her best friend; she
falls in love with Marcus. A halcyon period carries her through
adolescence until a quarrel and freakish tragedy sever their
intimacy. Thirteen years later Abigail re-encounters Marcus (now a
sophisticated musician) to find the magic undimmed. Warm, funny and
touching, this was the winner of the 1999 Romantic Novel of the
Year award. (Kirkus UK)
From the moment Frances takes possession of the seat next to her in Dr Peel's maths lesson, Abigail's life is changed. Her safe, careful,middle-class surburban home, with its weekly poetry society and politeparents, is thrown into dramatic relief as her friendship with Franceslaunches her headlong into the chaotic life of the bohemian Radley family.Where her own family are traditional and predictable,the Radleys are colourful and captivating - from Frances' mother, the liberated headstrong Lexi, to her brilliant, beautiful brother Rad - but through her friendship with them, Abigail discovers that all is not as it seems in her own conventional family. As well as a perspective, witty look at the pretensions of suburbia, Learning to Swim is a quirky, moving story of friendship and love, peopled with irresistible, unforgettable characters who haunt the reader's mind well after the book is put aside.
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