The Swimmers

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Publisher's Synopsis

Alice is one of a group of obsessed recreational swimmers for whom their local swimming pool has become the centre of their lives - a place of unexpected kinship, freedom, and ritual. Until one day a crack appears beneath its surface. As cracks also begin to appear in Alice's memory, her husband and daughter are faced with the dilemma of how best to care for her. As Alice clings to the tethers of her past in a Home she feels certain is not her home, her daughter must navigate the newly fractured landscape of their relationship. A novel about mothers and daughters, grief and memory, love and implacable loss, 'The Swimmers' is spellbinding, incantatory and unforgettable.

Book information

ISBN: 9780241543887
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint: Fig Tree
Pub date:
Edition: Hardback original
DEWEY: 813.6
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 175
Weight: 270g
Height: 204mm
Width: 139mm
Spine width: 23mm