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It's 1925 and 15-year-old Catherine Quick longs to feel once more the warm waters of her home, to strike out into the ocean off the Torres Strait Islands and swim, as she's done since she was a tiny child. But with her recent move to London where she lives with her aunt Louisa, Catherine feels that everything she values has been stripped away. Louisa, a busy, confident London surgeon who fought boldly for equality for women, holds definite views on the behaviour of her young niece. She wants Catherine to pursue an education, just as she did, to ensure her future freedom. Since Catherine arrived, however, Louisa's every step seems to be wrong and she is finding it harder and harder to block painful memories from her past. It takes the influence of enigmatic American banker Manfred Lear Black to convince Louisa to come to New York where Catherine can test her mettle against the first women in the world to swim the English Channel. And where, unexpectedly, Louisa can finally listen to what her own heart tells her.

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'At once chilling yet strangely beautiful ... MacColl's narrative is fortified by impeccable research and her innate ability to create a powerful bond between [listeners] and characters. Well done.' -- Kirkus Reviews, starred 'An epic tale of love, heartache, and a sisterhood created by nursing in a time of war.' -- Michelle Moran 'In Falling Snow is expertly researched and written with a keen eye to the complexities of wartime and the mighty role of women therein.' -- Sarah McCoy

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Mary-Rose MacColl is the author of six novels, a non-fiction book about maternity care issues, a book that tells a story from her own life, short stories, feature journalism and essays. Mary-Rose MacColl's first novel, No Safe Place, was runner-up in the Australian Vogel Literary Award. Her first non-fiction book, The Birth Wars, was a Finalist in the Walkley Awards for Journalism and in the Queensland Premier’s Awards for Non-Fiction and for Science Writing. In Falling Snow and Swimming Home have both been published internationally, and Swimming Home won The Courier-Mail 2016 People’s Choice Award. For a Girl, the book that tells a story from Mary-Rose’s own life, was shortlisted for the Queensland Literary Awards and the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards for non-fiction. Saskia Maarleveld is an actress and audiobook narrator. Born in Hong Kong, Saskia has lived in New Zealand, France and the USA. A graduate of Tisch School of the Arts (NYU), her audiobook narrations have won AudioFile Earphones Awards and she has been nominated for an Audie Award for Best Female Narrator (2018). Her voice acting credits include recurring roles in Winx Club (2015), Pokémon (2013–2016) and World of Winx (2016–2017).

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