Swimmer in the secret sea

the long version

First published in Redbook in 1975 to enormous acclaim, this O. Henry Award winner sold 100,000 copies in paperback. Readers finish the book giving thanks for their life and the lives of people they love. For the mistery of life. You have to be somebody with a message to write something like this in so few words. ******SPOILER ALERT****** The short novel Swimmer in the Secret Sea is the poignant story of how a man and a woman endured the shock and anguish of their newborn baby's death.