02008cam a2200373 i 4500 682022593 TxAuBib 20230303120000.0 210722s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2021035576 9780593321331 0593321332 (OCoLC)1252762285 TxAuBib rda Otsuka, Julie, 1962- The swimmers / Julie Otsuka. First edition. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2022. 176 pages ; 20 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "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. 20230303. Swimmers Fiction. Japanese Americans Fiction. Dementia Patients Fiction. Mothers and daughters Fiction. Psychological fiction. Novels. Otsuka, Julie, 1962-, First edition.