Swimming Home: A Novel by Deborah Levy - Literary Fiction Book for Book Clubs & Summer Reading | Perfect for Beach, Vacation & Poolside Relaxation
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As he arrives with his family at the villa in the hills above Nice, Joe sees a body in the swimming pool. But the girl is very much alive. She is Kitty Finch: a self-proclaimed botanist with green-painted fingernails, walking naked out of the water and into the heart of their holiday. Why is she there? What does she want from them all? And why does Joe's enigmatic wife allow her to remain? A subversively brilliant study of love, Swimming Home reveals how the most devastating secrets are the ones we keep from ourselves.
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I enjoyed this book, but I found it very unsettling. Not since Confederacy of Dunces have I read a book in which the characters so frustrated me. None of them have any redeeming qualities. And for good reason. What the plot synopses do not tell you is this is a book about mental illness. If you have ever lived with or cared about someone with a mental illness, the book is likely to strike close to home (a sign of well-drawn characters and believable plot). Levy's prose is beautifully written. She's a writer to watch and I imagine her work will make it into college lit and writing classes very soon, if it hasn't already.
