{"product_id":"the-swimmers-a-novel-carnegie-medal-for-excellence-winner-paperback","title":"The Swimmers: A Novel (Carnegie Medal for Excellence Winner) - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJulie Otsuka\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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 \u003c\/p\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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJULIE OTSUKA was born and raised in California. She is a recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, and her first novel, When the \u003ci\u003eEmperor Was Divine\u003c\/i\u003e won the 2003 Asian American Literary Award and the 2003 American Library Association's Alex Award. Her second novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Buddha in the Attic\u003c\/i\u003e, was a finalist for the National Book Award in 2011 and won the 2012 PEN\/Faulkner Award for Fiction and the 2011 Langum Prize in American Historical Fiction. \u003ci\u003eThe Buddha in the Attic\u003c\/i\u003e was an international bestseller and the winner of the prestigious Prix Femina Étranger in 2012, and the Albatros Literaturpreis in 2013. She lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 24, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence (2023)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44306818596966,"sku":"9780593466629","price":24.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/YlIybEpGNlB1MUJFN1U0T21lZ2N0QT09.webp?v=1767718536","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-swimmers-a-novel-carnegie-medal-for-excellence-winner-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}