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STORM AND GRACE
A risky sport, a deadly relationship, a breathtaking novel
World-famous free-diver Storm Hisray hits Grace Cain like a bolt from the blue. Smitten, she abandons her city life and follows him to his idyllic Pacific island. There he teaches Grace the ways of the deep, and she learns to sink to unimaginable depths on one single breath. As their world narrows to just the two of them, she learns, too, the dazzling pleasures of her body but Storm hides as many secrets as the ocean itself.
Storm trains Grace to be his new star, and life is blissful until another female diver is featured on the cover of Sports Weekly as 'The Mermaid of the Deep'. Storm starts pushing Grace further and further beyond her limits both in and out of the water. As her resistance grows, Storm's temper takes a frightening turn and Grace fears she is in deeper and more dangerous water than she has ever imagined possible. With a secret of her own, Grace prepares for one last, desperate descent. Deeper than anyone has ever been before, this will be the death-defying moment which will make both of their careers. But at such extremes, how far can her defiance go?
And now, a year after Grace's record, surrounded by the world's media, Storm prepares for the most important dive of his life. Punctuated by a mesmerising chorus of sirens, STORM AND GRACE explores the power and danger of obsession and control and the dazzling thrill of the deep.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Kathryn Heyman lives in Sydney and is Conjoint Professor in English and Writing at the University of Newcastle in Australia. Her debut THE BREAKING was shortlisted for the Stakis Award for Scottish Writer of the Year and longlisted for the Orange Prize. She has written radio plays for the BBC and her novels KEEP YOUR HANDS ON THE WHEEL and CAPTAIN STARLIGHT'S APPRENTICE have been adapted for radio. She is fiction program director for the Faber Academy in Australia and mentors UK writers on the Gold Dust programme. She is currently writing an inspirational non-fiction book, THE QUEST.
Storm trains Grace to be his new star, and life is blissful until another female diver is featured on the cover of Sports Weekly as 'The Mermaid of the Deep'. Storm starts pushing Grace further and further beyond her limits both in and out of the water. As her resistance grows, Storm's temper takes a frightening turn and Grace fears she is in deeper and more dangerous water than she has ever imagined possible. With a secret of her own, Grace prepares for one last, desperate descent. Deeper than anyone has ever been before, this will be the death-defying moment which will make both of their careers. But at such extremes, how far can her defiance go?
And now, a year after Grace's record, surrounded by the world's media, Storm prepares for the most important dive of his life. Punctuated by a mesmerising chorus of sirens, STORM AND GRACE explores the power and danger of obsession and control and the dazzling thrill of the deep.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Kathryn Heyman lives in Sydney and is Conjoint Professor in English and Writing at the University of Newcastle in Australia. Her debut THE BREAKING was shortlisted for the Stakis Award for Scottish Writer of the Year and longlisted for the Orange Prize. She has written radio plays for the BBC and her novels KEEP YOUR HANDS ON THE WHEEL and CAPTAIN STARLIGHT'S APPRENTICE have been adapted for radio. She is fiction program director for the Faber Academy in Australia and mentors UK writers on the Gold Dust programme. She is currently writing an inspirational non-fiction book, THE QUEST.
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Published 2017-02-01 by Allen & Unwin |