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Author:

Otsuka, Julie, 1962- author.

Title:

The swimmers / Julie Otsuka.

Edition:

First large print edition.

Publisher:

Random House Large Print,

Copyright Date:

2022

Description:

257 pages (large print) ; 19 cm

Subject:

Swimmers--Fiction.
Japanese Americans--Fiction.
Dementia--Patients--Fiction.
Mothers and daughters--Fiction.
Large type books.
Psychological fiction.
Domestic fiction.

Summary:

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0593556623
9780593556627

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1302877422

Locations:

YTPG232 -- Clinton Public Library (Clinton)

TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

WAPD715 -- Sheldon Public Library (Sheldon)

WHPE115 -- Storm Lake Public Library (Storm Lake)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)