Dámský klub půlnočního plavání – Hoganová Faith (2023)

Freshly widowed Elizabeth O'Shea curses her husband at the cemetery. After more than thirty years of marriage, she was sure she knew Erik inside out. Only now has she realized her mistake: due to Erik's hidden debts, she faces the prospect of losing her roof over her head and her adjacent practice in her old age. Lucy, a generation younger, is not much better off, though for entirely different reasons. Divorce and years of hard work in a hectic hospital have brought her to the brink of exhaustion. And like Elizabeth, she is searching for a way out. The two troubled women are brought together by Lucy's mother Jo, who willingly allows herself to be drawn into the worries of others. She alone gives the impression of having life under control. She spends her retirement in a cozy house in the company of cats and every day, regardless of the weather, indulges in the same ritual – night swimming in the cold sea. In its embrace, she can laugh, cry, and wash away her fears. And think only about what she could change for the better. She whispers her wishes into the darkness, a dream of a gift for Lucy and Elizabeth that she would like to leave them. The setting of the novel is a village in County Mayo on the west coast of Ireland, the author's homeland with wild nature. Before our eyes, green hills and boggy fields emerge, we feel the penetrating scent of the ocean, we hear the wind and...