Germantown Novel Views Book Club - In Person

"The Swimmers" by Julie Otsuka

Join the Germantown Novel Views Book Club to discuss the "The Swimmers" by Julie Otsuka.

The Novel Views Book Club will meet in Study Room 5, located on the lower level of the library. 

"A novel portraying a group of dedicated recreational swimmers and what happens when a crack appears at the bottom of their community pool. 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." -- MCPL Catalogue.

Print copies may be available at the Germantown Library after January 8, 2024.

Available on Overdrive/Libby as an eBook: https://mcplmd.overdrive.com/media/6287050  and as an Audio ebook: https://mcplmd.overdrive.com/media/6328971

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Questions about this program? Contact the branch at 240-777-0110

Accommodation Requests

People who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing should request English-language captioning or sign-language interpretation at least five days before the library-sponsored program they plan to attend. Contact the Assistant Facilities and Accessibility Program Manager at 240-777-0002 with all other accommodation requests.

GEN 1.0 10/27/2021

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