First published as Swimming Home in 2014 by Booktrope Editions

This edition first published in the United Kingdom in 2018 by Head of Zeus Ltd

Copyright © Ruth Mancini, 2014

The moral right of Ruth Mancini to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act of 1988.

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of both the copyright owner and the above publisher of this book.

This is a work of fiction. All characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

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ISBN (E) 9781788544801

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