Night Swimmers, Roisin Maguire
Night Swimmers, Roisin Maguire
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Night Swimmers
The Irish cult hit novel of 2025 for fans of Claire Keegan

Author: Roisin Maguire

Narrator: Roisin Maguire

Unabridged: 10 hr 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/15/2026


Synopsis

SHORTLISTED FOR THE KATE O'BRIEN AWARD

'Heaven' Katherine May, bestselling author of Wintering

'A glowing, generous novel' Irish Times 'A warm, unsentimental and beautifully observed book for our times' Lucy Caldwell, author of These Days

'Grace is a fabulous character ... there's a touch of Olive Kitteridge in her' Good Housekeeping

Grace lives alone in a coastal village in Northern Ireland, filling her days with wild swimming, fishing, quilting and baiting the tourists who blow in from the city.

One of the visitors is Evan, on an enforced holiday from his family in Belfast as he grieves the death of his infant daughter. But before a week is out, he is trapped there by lockdown. When Grace grudgingly saves Evan from drowning, and his reserved young son arrives unexpectedly, all three are startled into a reckoning with their past and a reconnection with the outside world.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Emma.catherine on June 29, 2024

Easy 5 🖐️ 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Evan who often needed reminded “it’s time to grow up Peter Pan.”took himself off to a little village on the east coast of Northern Ireland; Ballybrady. What started of as an enforced holiday from his family and job quickly became an extended stay in this quirky village. Shortly after......more

Goodreads review by Elena on July 15, 2024

Im malerischen, an der irischen Küste gelegenen Dorf Ballybrady wohnt Grace, eine ruppige, scharfzüngige Frau. Sie lebt sehr zurückgezogen mit ihrem Hund, ihre Tage verbringt sie mit Schwimmen und Quilten. Um etwas Geld zu verdienen vermietet sie das alte Cottage ihrer Eltern an Touristen - Touriste......more

Goodreads review by Sarah on August 10, 2024

Das Cover passt perfekt zur Stimmung des Buches. Düster, maritim, rau und oftmals kühl. Der eigentliche Protagonist ist die irische See 🌊 Wortkarge Charaktere, die, wenn sie denn was sagen, sehr direkt sind und den Finger in die Wunde legen. Viele ungesagte Dinge werden trotzdem zwischen den Zeilen s......more

Goodreads review by Ellinor on October 14, 2024

Das Meer um Irland ist oftmals rau und spröde, etwas, das teilweise auch auf die Menschen abfärbt. Lernt man sie jedoch besser kennen, so kommt häufig ein ganz anderer Kern zutage. All dies braucht Zeit und so habe ich auch lange gebraucht, um in dieses Buch hineinzukommen. Die Landschaftsbeschreibu......more

Goodreads review by James Hulse on April 05, 2025

This one took me by surprise in the best way. From the very beginning, I felt pulled into its quiet, reflective world. Maguire writes with such sensitivity and emotional precision; every sentence feels intentional and deeply felt. The story unfolds slowly but beautifully, like a memory you didn’t kn......more