Swimming Upstream by Ruth Mancini

Hi Everyone! I just started reading Swimming Upstream by Ruth Mancini and I’m loving it so much that I just had to tell you about it! Ruth is a sweetheart too and I love talking with her online. Maybe someday I’ll make it to England to meet her in person.

Here’s the big news about Ruth’s book: 

Swimming Upstream is on a short 99 cents sale! The novel is a #3 bestseller and 2014 RONE award nominee. Grab this wonderful women’s fiction novel before the price goes up.

Here are the attention grabbing opening lines: 

“I once read that the end of a relationship is like being involved in a road traffic accident. Which is quite fitting really, given what happened.”

Here’s the story:

After seven years, Lizzie wonders whether she’s truly happy with her long-term boyfriend. When one wrong step and a chance meeting set off an unexpected chain of events, her life begins to unravel. On the same day that she meets Martin, an attractive lifeguard, her old friend, Catherine, re-appears. But is Martin really all he seems? And what is the secret that Catherine is hiding? As Lizzie struggles to confront the ghosts of her past, can she survive the shocking twist that will change the course of her future?

Swimming Upstream is a life-affirming and often humorous story about a young woman’s pursuit of happiness. It is also a story of female friendship, love, and divided loyalties – and the moral choices that we find ourselves making when the chips are down.

About the Author:

Ruth Mancini was born in South-West London and studied in Cambridge and London where she gained a bachelors degree in French and Spanish and a post-graduate diploma in Law. For several years she worked in the publishing industry before retraining as a lawyer. She now lives in Oxfordshire with her husband and two children. Swimming Upstream is her first novel.