In Deep Water
1992
First Published
3.62
Average Rating
124
Number of Pages
A collection of short stories in which water, in all its many shapes and forms, becomes a catalyst in the lives of the people it touches. A storm at sea, a swimming marathon, a midnight adventure, a flood, a boat race and a lost brother provide the backgrounds for these stories.
Avg Rating
3.62
Number of Ratings
63
5 STARS
16%
4 STARS
38%
3 STARS
38%
2 STARS
8%
1 STARS
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Author
Michelle Magorian
Author · 14 books
British children's author Michelle Magorian - author of the celebrated Goodnight, Mr. Tom (1981), which won The Guardian Children's Fiction Prize - was born in Southsea, Portsmouth, in 1947. She trained to be an actress, studying at the Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama, and at Marcel Marceau's L'école Internationale de Mime in Paris. While pursuing an acting career, Magorian became interested in children's books, writing her first novel for young readers (Goodnight, Mr. Tom) over the course of four and a half years.
