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The swimmers / Julie Otsuka.
"A novel portraying a group of dedicated recreational swimmers and what happens when a crack appears at the bottom of their community pool"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593321331 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 175 pages ; 20 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2022.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "This is a Borzoi book"--Title page verso. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Dementia > Fiction. Friendship > Fiction. Japanese Americans > Fiction. Mothers and daughters > Fiction. Swimmers > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Psychological fiction. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cookstown Branch | FIC Otsuk | 31681010266492 | FICTION | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
When a crack appears in the pool, a fellowship of swimmers who take comfort in their laps are cast out, including Alice, who, slowly losing her memory, is reunited too late with her estranged daughter, in this intimate story of mothers and daughters, and the sorrows of implacable loss. - Baker & Taylor
"A novel portraying a group of dedicated recreational swimmers and what happens when a crack appears at the bottom of their community pool"-- - Random House, Inc.
NATIONAL BESTSELLER ⢠CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE WINNER ⢠From the award-winning author of The Buddha in the Attic and When the Emperor Was Divine comes a novel that "starts as a catalogue of spoken and unspoken rules for swimmers at an aquatic center but unfolds into a powerful story of a motherâs dementia and her daughterâs love" (The Washington Post).
The swimmers are unknown to one another except through their private routines (slow lane, medium lane, fast lane) and the solace each takes in their morning or afternoon laps. But when a crack appears at the bottom of the pool, they are cast out into an unforgiving world without comfort or relief.
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One of these swimmers is Alice, who is slowly losing her memory. For Alice, the pool was a final stand against the darkness of her encroaching dementia. Without the fellowship of other swimmers and the routine of her daily laps she is plunged into dislocation and chaos, swept into memories of her childhood and the Japanese American incarceration camp in which she spent the war. Alice's estranged daughter, reentering her mother's life too late, witnesses her stark and devastating decline.
