Synopsis
First published in Redbook in 1975 to enormous acclaim, this O. Henry Award winner sold 100,000 copies in paperback. Available for the first time in hardcover, Swimmer in the Secret Sea is the poignant story of how a man and a woman endured the shock and anguish of their newborn baby's death.
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Swimmer was first serialized in Redbook in 1975 and then published as a paperback the same year. LJ's reviewer found the story of a couple's struggle to come to terms with the death of their newborn child "effectively and feelingly told" (LJ 11/1/75). This marks the book's hardcover debut.
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