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The Swimmers

By Julie Otsuka
Narrated by: Traci Kato-Kiriyama
Unabridged — 4 hours, 6 minutes
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By Julie Otsuka
Narrated by: Traci Kato-Kiriyama
Unabridged — 4 hours, 6 minutes
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Fluid, mesmerizing and elegant, The Swimmers is a slim novel that packs an emotional punch from a modern master reaching new heights. A moving experience worth every minute spent reading it. Dive in.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER ¿ CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE WINNER ¿ From the award-winning author of The Buddha in the Attic and When the Emperor Was Divine 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" (The Washington Post).

The swimmers are unknown to one another except through their private routines (slow lane, medium lane, fast lane) and the solace each ta...