The Swimmers

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Call Number: Fiction / Otsuka, Julie, Adult Book / Fiction / General / Otsuka, Julie
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Traverwood Branch

Location & Checkout Length	Call Number	Checkout Length	Item Status
Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout	Fiction / Otsuka, Julie	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout	Fiction / Otsuka, Julie	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Traverwood Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / General / Otsuka, Julie	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Malletts Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / General / Otsuka, Julie	4-week checkout	Due 05-01-2024
Malletts Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / General / Otsuka, Julie	4-week checkout	Due 05-13-2024
Pittsfield Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / General / Otsuka, Julie	4-week checkout	Due 05-19-2024
Westgate Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / General / Otsuka, Julie	4-week checkout	Due 05-19-2024
Westgate Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / General / Otsuka, Julie	4-week checkout	Due 05-21-2024

"This is a Borzoi book"--Title page verso.
"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.
"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.

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Lyrical stream of consciousness submitted by mowjac on June 12, 2022, 10:04am This slim novel starts with setting the scene, an accurate experience of the nuances of swimmers and pool life. Slowly she weaves in names, then the separation from the pool and finally, seamlessly, flows toward Alice and her daughter. The novel feels like water, the way it moves, back paddles and separates, full of grief, loss and endings. It is moody and I expected to leap out after leaving the pool, but found myself pulled in instead.