The swimmers /
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 s...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Alfred A. Knopf,
[2022].
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | 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. |
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| Item Description: | "A Borzoi book." |
| Physical Description: | 175 pages ; 20 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780593321331 0593321332 |