The Swimmers: A novel (CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE WINNER) (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780593556627)

"A novel portraying a group of dedicated recreational swimmers and what happens when a crack appears at the bottom of their community pool. The swimmers are unknown to each other except through their private routines (slow 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. 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 devastating decline"--

Author: Julie Otsuka
ISBN-10: 0593556623
ISBN-13: 9780593556627
Publisher: Diversified Publishing
Language: English
Published: 03/22/2022
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 7.20h x 5.00w x 0.90d
Large Print
Award: Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence - Winner