{"product_id":"swimmers","title":"Swimmers","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eSwimmers\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eJulie Otsuka\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780593321331\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eKnopf\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2022\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e192\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER - \u003cb\u003eCARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE WINNER \u003cb\u003e- \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eFrom the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Buddha in the Attic\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWhen the Emperor Was Divine\u003c\/i\u003e comes a novel that \"starts as a catalogue of spoken and unspoken rules for swimmers at an aquatic center but unfolds into a powerful story of a mother's dementia and her daughter's love\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe swimmers are unknown to one another except through their private routines (slow lane, medium 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 without comfort or relief. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne 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 stark and devastating decline.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Knopf","offers":[{"title":"Swimmers | Julie Otsuka | Hardcover | 9780593321331 | Used: Like New | Back Stacks R 1758926","offer_id":49192319778968,"sku":"1758926","price":10.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/81AtFZ2uGTL.jpg?v=1780517111","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/swimmers","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}