An enjoyable heartwarming story set in Ireland following the lives of three girls from when they start secondary education through to the finish of their education with a big falling out as they each go off on their life's path The plot then jumps between then and the present day when the three friends are still giving each other the cold shoulder but find themselves back in the same community once again. Wonderful descriptions with characters that develop over the course of the book with Rosemary, one of girl's grandmothers holding the group together during their teenage years. She was utterly delightful. I did think the way that the reason why the girls all fell out, being held back to the end but referred to constantly, was somewhat frustrating and drawn out. Then in the end the reason was fairly mild to create such a chasm of bitterness between the girls particularly as it was all really only started by one rather vindictive member of the three.

This is an emotional story about three teenage girls who swear to be friends for life, this is until they have a falling out and they go their separate ways. Fifteen years later they all find themselves back in the town by the lake in Ireland. This story tells of their lives growing up together and then in the present day as they have to face up to the past. I loved the friendship and the wisdom of their elders that guided them. The sunrise swimming is done on the solstices at dawn, which is a nice touch in the book and a thread that runs through their lives.

The characters are really good, I liked Niamh, Lauren and Heather, despite their sometimes intransigents. The characters are well-written and easy to engage with. I particularly liked Rosemary, Lauren's grandmother, she was a very special lady and spoke a lot of sense.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book, the characters and their lives. It is an emotional story and I thought the ending was great, and yes, I did get emotional. This book is worth reading, although it had a little bit of a slow start once you get into it, you won't want to put it down.

"The Sunrise Swimming Society offers a heartwarming story about friendship and second chances. The setting of the small coastal town is beautifully depicted, making it feel like a character in itself. In my opinion, the pacing is bit slow, but the well-developed characters and the author's descriptive writing style make this book an engaging and comforting read.

A heartwarming story about friendship.
The story intertwines two time frames the childhood friendship and the nowadays riff between them. It explores dreams, hardships and everyday drama of tree girls/women. While reading the most awaited point is to figure out what could have ruined such a great friendship and I have to say I expected something worse, so that was a bit disappointing.
Overall a good read.

It was a poignant story. The main characters as children were a little more interesting than as adults. There were a few plot holes that did not close once the story ended.

This story is set in two time zones and features chapters by three main characters Heather, Lauren and Niamh.
A feud that occurred between them as girls is gradually revealed when they reunite again at their childhood homeland in Ireland. This stirs up lots of memories for each of them as they examine their lives now and in the past. As girls, they share a strong friendship promising to remain pals forever and swearing to meet up annually for their midsummer dawn swim in a lake where they live.
I found the story confusing at times as there are many characters in the book and that the bitterness and jealousy between them after all the years apart was too much.
Friendships and second chances features strongly as well as feuds.
My thanks to Net Galley and publishers Avon for the digital ARC of this book.

The Sunrise Swimming Society by Rosie Hannigan was such an uplifting and charming story.
A well written ok with characters who I absolutely adored. The characters are beautifully developed.
I could picture everything so clearly the vivid descriptions.
A great read that I very much enjoyed.

Thank You NetGalley and Avon for your generosity and gifting me a copy of this amazing eARC!

The Sunrise Swimming Society is a lovely heartwarming story about friendship and relationships. It tells the story of three girls who became friends at school and how life never turns out the way you expect it to. I loved the relationship between the grandmother and the girls. The author brought each of their individual stories to life. I became engrossed in the trials and tribulations of the characters. Loved it!

This was a delightful, heartwarming story of friendship—- found, and lost, and found again. I loved the setting and the stories of each of the three very different friends.

Thanks to NetGalley, the author and publisher for an advanced reading copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

What a fantastic heartwarming book.
All about friendship no matter the restraints of age. Niamh Heather and Lauren start off meeting at the start of secondary school they are destined to be friends for life and it’s all glued together by an elderly grandmother of one of the girls.
But life gets in the way and after an alcohol infused argument they drift off to do their own things.
Fifteen years later they all are back in the village where it all started. What will happen and can they forgive forget and move on..
Brilliant book by a fantastic author who just pulls in the heartstrings every time

This book was a very angsty book. Lots of emotions. The book is about friendship and the losing of friendships. We journey through each woman’s self discovery. I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced free copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own. I received a copy from the publisher through NetGalley.

Lauren,Naimh and Heather,best friends during their teenage years and nutured by Lauren's grandmother Rosemary. All four of them swam in the lake at Rosemary's House every sunrise. There would be hot drinks and breakfast while getting dried and changed and this brought the girls even closer.
Then, as sometimes happens the girls start to argue,wanting different things from life and not agreeing with some of the choices being made.
The girls parting is acrimonious and they don't speak again for 15yrs.
I absolutely loved this book. Grandmother Rosemary was such a lovely person ,helping wherever she could. The three girls, now women all had some sort of problems in their life and no best friend to share it with. I was urging them throughout the book to listen to each other.
I liked all the characters and empathised with them.
I shed sad and happy tears at the ending which finished the story of nicely and was very poignant.
I don’t think I've read anything by this author but I'm certainly going to look her up after reading this.
5 stars all the way!