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03499cam a2200685 i 4500 001 A1A76D0EB53611EEB9FA144B1F3FDB2A 003 SILO 005 20240117064753 008 210722s2022 nyu e b 000 1 eng 010 $a 2021035576 020 $a 0593466624 020 $a 9780593466629 020 $a 0593321332 020 $a 9780593321331 035 $a (OCoLC)1252762285 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d SDG $d UOK $d IK2 $d RNL $d OCO $d VP@ $d TCH $d CLU $d WZW $d Z#6 $d OCLCO $d YU6 $d CDC $d OCLCO $d YEQ $d OCLCO $d CBA $d GZM $d LMR $d DLC $d SFB $d OCLCO $d DVP $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a PS3615.T88 $b S95 2022 082 00 $a 813/.6 $2 23 100 1 $a Otsuka, Julie, $d 1962- $e author. 245 14 $a The swimmers / $c Julie Otsuka. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Alfred A. Knopf, $c 2022. 300 $a 175 pages ; $c 20 cm. 500 $a "This is a Borzoi book"--Title page verso. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 520 $a "A novel portraying a group of dedicated recreational swimmers and what happens when a crack appears at the bottom of their community pool"-- $c Provided by publisher. 520 $a "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"-- $c Provided by publisher. 586 $a Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction Winner, 2023 650 0 $a Swimmers $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Japanese Americans $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Dementia $x Patients $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Mothers and daughters $v Fiction. 650 6 $a AmeÌricains d'origine japonaise $v Romans, nouvelles, etc. 650 6 $a DeÌments $v Romans, nouvelles, etc. 650 6 $a MeÌres et filles $v Romans, nouvelles, etc. 650 7 $a FICTION / Asian American. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a FICTION / Women. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a FICTION / Friendship. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a Swimmers $2 fast 650 7 $a Japanese Americans $2 fast 650 7 $a Dementia $2 fast 650 7 $a Mothers and daughters $2 fast 650 7 $a Life change events $v Fiction. $2 sears 650 7 $a Swimmers $v Fiction. $2 sears 650 7 $a Swimming $v Fiction. $2 sears 650 7 $a Interpersonal relations $v Fiction. $2 sears 650 7 $a Mother-daughter relationship $v Fiction. $2 sears 650 7 $a Loss (Psychology) $v Fiction. $2 sears 655 0 $a Psychological fiction. 655 2 $a Fictional Work 655 7 $a Novels $2 fast 655 7 $a Psychological fiction. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Novels. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Romans. $2 rvmgf 776 08 $i Online version: $a Otsuka, Julie, 1962- $t Swimmers. $b First edition. $d New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2022 $z 9780593321348 $w (OCoLC)1261773699 $w (OCoLC)1261773699 941 $a 1 $n 1 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20240117081503.0 $n 10 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=A1A76D0EB53611EEB9FA144B1F3FDB2A 994 $a C0 $b IOZInitiate Another SILO Locator Search