The Swimming Pool
The Swimming Pool by Holly LeCraw, published by Doubleday in 2010, is a First Edition novel comprising 307 pages. This work explores the complexities of love and loss through the lens of a past affair and an unsolved murder that intertwine the lives of its characters. Marcella Atkinson, who fell in love with a married man, finds her life irrevocably altered after the sudden end of their romance coincides with a tragic event. Years later, as she grapples with her past, the return of Cecil’s son, Jed, to the Cape reignites buried emotions and unresolved tensions.
Readers will encounter a narrative that delves into themes of grief, guilt, and the impact of past relationships. As Marcella and Jed embark on a new affair, they confront the shadows of their shared history, leading to unexpected crises and revelations. The Swimming Pool presents a psychological exploration of contemporary women’s experiences, set against the backdrop of a summer on the Cape, inviting readers to reflect on the complexities of human connections and the haunting nature of unresolved pasts.
Official synopsis Publisher
A heartbreaking affair, an unsolved murder, an explosive romance: welcome to summer on the Cape in this powerful debut.
Seven summers ago, Marcella Atkinson fell in love with Cecil McClatchey, a married father of two. But on the same night their romance abruptly ended, Cecil’s wife was found murdered—and their lives changed forever. The case was never solved, and Cecil died soon after, an uncharged suspect.
Now divorced and estranged from her only daughter, Marcella lives alone, mired in grief and guilt. Meanwhile, Cecil’s grown son, Jed, returns to the Cape with his sister for the first time in years. One day he finds a woman’s bathing suit buried in a closet—a relic, unbeknownst to him, of his father’s affair—and, on a hunch, confronts Marcella. When they fall into an affair of their own, their passion temporarily masks the pain of the past, but also leads to crises and revelations they never could have imagined.
In what is sure to be the debut of the season,The Swimming Pooldelivers a sensuous narrative of such force and depth that you won’t be able to put it down.
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