Breaststrokes

A novel on consent told in five acts over the course of one weekend. Cloe and Gertrude and the Jenkins-Bell sisters, Mathilde and Sarah, have never met.�They are strangers who share a city. � It is Sunday morning. Cloe has woken-up in someone else's home; Gertrude starts her shift in the pub kitchen, while Mathilde and Sarah are on their way to lunch. Soon, these four women's lives will overlap. Saturday felt like a normal day, but on Sunday the past will catch-up with them as they realise that there never is only one side to a story. Sharply observed and painfully relatable,�Breaststrokes�is a novel that seems to emerge from the haze of our current time. This story of unexpected encounters and intimacies is perfect for fans of�Cleopatra and Frankenstein�and�Beautiful World, Where Are You. �