Absolutely love the positivity of this book. Love the message the book portrays to be grateful for the every day and all the little things surrounding us too.

This is a fabulous character read set amongst a group of sea swimmers in Brighton. Seventy something Helga is resisting her nieces attempts to get her settled in a nice retirement village, Dominica is grieving for her husband, Tor has a difficult relationship with her family, Claire feels unhappy with herself and taken for granted and Maddy has recently fled to Brighton to try to find her estranged son. All are fantastic characters and it’s great to read their stories progress and how their friendships help and support each other. The theme of homelessness and home is well explored in this as is mental health and the impact of social media. This is a great feel good story that’s about way more than sea swimming. 9/10

I have read this authors books since the early 90s and and was thrilled to be able to read this one and it certainly didn’t disappoint. This was a book that covered a lot of sensitive and life changing topics and as always with this author they were done in a very relatable way with the right amount of humour mixed in along with some heart wrenching and heart warming moments along the way.

The characters were amazing ladies who found strength and determination from each other and also from the courage they gained from swimming in the sea and coming together as the sea-gals which is what brought them together and gave the book community spirit and chameraderie and showed how so much more can be achieved with the support of friends and enabled them to find confidence in themselves and to make fresh starts.

This is so far one of my best reads of 2022 and a book that will stay with me for a long time. A positive yet life affirming read and a reminder to be grateful for all the little things we have in our lives and for the power of friends and doing things we love.

I loved this book. I am an a Josie Lloyd fan. All the main characters had complicated lives and sea swimming brought them all together. Set in Brighton. It had a missing son and finding old love . Absolutely brilliant. Made you want to go swimming

A lovely warm story about the power of friendship. Thanks for the opportunity to read and review this book.