World War I I is around the co rner, but the o nly thing Sally Bauer can think o
f is the ocea
n
. Her 
dream 

is to swim across the Engl ish Ch annel. Her fa ther  has tried to exorcise he


r
obsession wit
h 
swimming since s  he was a toddler, without success.

An
unwanted pregnancy force  s her to  abandon her dr eam – and herself. The
 child’s father does no
t want to be involved, s o a

s a  woman in ...