Dealing with the complexitities of love, sex and relationships, this work explores what modern sexual relationships are like for young women.
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'For authentic teenage voices look no further than Kate Cann' The Bookseller 'Accurately describes teenage emotions and crises' Teen Titles 'Colette's hippy-gone-to-middle-aged seed mother riding in to do battle with her daughter's would-be seducer and his parents is a treat...' Times Educational Supplement 'A good meaty read - an intelligent book with intelligent characters' The Times 'It is the realism and sensitivity of the writing that impresses most' Mizz 'Very true to life and realistic. A must-read' Amazon.co.uk 'Some of the best writing about love and sex that I have ever read in a book for young people...both emotionally stunning and morally unshakeable.' Books for Keeps
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The dramatic conclusion to Coll and Art's story ...
The dramatic conclusion to Coll and Art's story....
and it too has been translated into Italian, German, Spanish, Swedish, Danish, Portuguese - and American! I was really up about writing this - it completes the trilogy. Diving In is about getting together, In the Deep End is about being together, and Sink or Swim is about the complex emotions surrounding the break down of the relationship. It also deals with the torture and temptation of trying to start it up again! I think there's a general idea that you can just shrug off a deep relationship and move on, but that's just not true. Sex and love are a vital, powerful part of life; Coll learns a lot and comes out stronger at the end. 'The Coll and Art series .... are the best books I have ever read.' Heather, Lancashire. 'Excellent ... They really relate to the teenage reader, are sensitive yet gripping and kept me entirely enthralled.' Georgina, Cheshire.
The dramatic conclusion to Coll and Art's story....
and it too has been translated into Italian, German, Spanish, Swedish, Danish, Portuguese - and American! I was really up about writing this - it completes the trilogy. Diving In is about getting together, In the Deep End is about being together, and Sink or Swim is about the complex emotions surrounding the break down of the relationship. It also deals with the torture and temptation of trying to start it up again! I think there's a general idea that you can just shrug off a deep relationship and move on, but that's just not true. Sex and love are a vital, powerful part of life; Coll learns a lot and comes out stronger at the end. 'The Coll and Art series .... are the best books I have ever read.' Heather, Lancashire. 'Excellent ... They really relate to the teenage reader, are sensitive yet gripping and kept me entirely enthralled.' Georgina, Cheshire.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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This book took me over and left me as exhausted as Coll must have been dealing with her raw emotions on the break-up from her boyfriend Art, and carrying on with her A levels. Relentless exploration of her pain, unhappiness, desperation, contrasted with how she manages to haul herself back into reality and how she deals with him when he erupts back into her life. Any teenager faced with the same situation must read this book, to know they're not the only ones to feel gutted when someone you love desperately walks out. Most importantly, it tells you that whatever agony you go through, whatever the searing experience, there can be a new beginning. Read it and tell your mates about it. A must.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By Ms. S. Wass
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I read all of the Art and Coll trilogy in a few days. It just completely amazed me how true to my life these books were. I found it, much like coll, hard to talk to anyone about my boyfriend and i but after a year of agonising over him these books helped me realise some of the thing a want in life and that true love does last.
CONGRATULATIONS to Kate Cann for writing such a meaningful set of books, I hope there will be a follow on series of books about Art and Coll because these characters are so real life!!
I would advise anyone to read it, even if you have not had the same trouble has the main characters because the underlying issues are just as real!!!!!!
CONGRATULATIONS to Kate Cann for writing such a meaningful set of books, I hope there will be a follow on series of books about Art and Coll because these characters are so real life!!
I would advise anyone to read it, even if you have not had the same trouble has the main characters because the underlying issues are just as real!!!!!!
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I'm in my early 30s now but read the first two of the trilogy in my teens and loved them, I still own them both and they are more than dog eared as I've picked them up and re-read them many times over the years. Even as an adult reading a book aimed at teens they were still very readable and enjoyable, the style of writing was still suitable to the older market. So I can rule out my disappointment on finally reading the third book being because I was now a lot older than I was when I read the others.
I honestly think that the author should have left it as a two book series and not made it a trilogy. It felt as though she was over egging the pudding and trying to capitalise on what was best left as it was. The book mainly consists of how heartbroken Coll is in the aftermath of the breakup, I think the reader was left in no doubt she would be at the end of book 2. I didn't need to read an entire book about it. The end of the book leaves you with no real, further resolution to the one we were left with at the end of book 2 anyway. Yes, we find out Art really had felt as much as Coll but I think that too was pretty obvious and didn't need pointing out as a big 'ending' to the trilogy. Nothing in this book is a major revelation and she succeeded in telling us all of this 'between the lines' with the first two books.
I almost wish I hadn't read it as I felt it was so poor (story wise, her writing is as good as ever) it's tainted how I felt about the others which, even as a grown woman, married with kids, I still felt was more than a book but a useful tool for teenagers, to show them the way they feel about relationships/sex is normal.
It was drawing out a story that had, in my opinion, already ended.
I honestly think that the author should have left it as a two book series and not made it a trilogy. It felt as though she was over egging the pudding and trying to capitalise on what was best left as it was. The book mainly consists of how heartbroken Coll is in the aftermath of the breakup, I think the reader was left in no doubt she would be at the end of book 2. I didn't need to read an entire book about it. The end of the book leaves you with no real, further resolution to the one we were left with at the end of book 2 anyway. Yes, we find out Art really had felt as much as Coll but I think that too was pretty obvious and didn't need pointing out as a big 'ending' to the trilogy. Nothing in this book is a major revelation and she succeeded in telling us all of this 'between the lines' with the first two books.
I almost wish I hadn't read it as I felt it was so poor (story wise, her writing is as good as ever) it's tainted how I felt about the others which, even as a grown woman, married with kids, I still felt was more than a book but a useful tool for teenagers, to show them the way they feel about relationships/sex is normal.
It was drawing out a story that had, in my opinion, already ended.
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Diving In
I first read this book when i was about 16, because it come free with Bliss magazine. I am now 29 and have all of Kate Canns books. I still re-read them from time to time. Read more
Published on 6 Sep 2009 by sarah thompson
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wow
wow, i just couldn't put the second one down!!i have read diving in about 6 times, in italian and in english, i first read it when i was 14 and i only discovered at 20 there were... Read more
Published on 22 Feb 2008 by B. Sarah Catherine
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We enjoyed these books and read them none stop. I cannot believe the suspense that the last book ends by. PLEASE PLEASE write a fourth book, how could you leave us hanging?! Read more
Published on 18 Aug 2005 by C. Chapman
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best book in the world
i think sink or swim is one of the best books i have ever read. I read the other two books and it only took me two days to read them all because they were so hard to put down. Read more
Published on 28 July 2005
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You've got to buy this book.
This is the third and final book in the Coll and Aft trilogy and probaly the best one by Kate Cann one of my favourite authors.This book made me cry and laugh. Read more
Published on 3 May 2004 by "missimagination"
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An amazing and perfect conclusion
This is the third book in the Coll and Art Trillogy, and in my opinion provides a perfect conclusion to the first two novels. Read more
Published on 30 Mar 2004 by Ms. N. L. Wood
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this collection of books is brilliant!!
I feel that this book is good for teenagers as it has many real issues to deal with which, happen in real life. i got the set for christmas and couldnt put them down. Read more
Published on 19 Jan 2002 by just_uk@another.com
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excellent
as soon as i picked up the first book i couldn`t put it down, i read it in one day the same with the second and i cannot wait to read this one, i even got my mum to let me have the... Read more
Published on 21 Jan 2001
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Wicked!
This book is really, really good - and well worth reading. I have read all three of the series and they are all as good as each other! ... Read more
Published on 26 April 2000
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It Dosent Get Any Realer Than This
I Havent read this book , but still i cannot wait to get my hands on it , after reading the previous two other books in th coll and art series i just can put them down. Read more
Published on 13 Jan 2000
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