A Vogue Best Book of 2022A Bookseller Editor's ChoiceRed Magazine's '10 Best New Books Out This
Month''Here comes the new Julie Otsuka novel so we can begin to live again' Colson Whitehead
author of Harlem Shuffle'Her wisdom is staggeringly beautiful implicating each of us' The
Irish Times'Heartbreaking and astoundingly good' Rebecca Makkai author of The Great
Believers'Haunting ironic and poetic in its resonance this slender volume is a
must-read...Don't miss this beautifully written heartfelt wry and wistful exploration of
loss.' Woman & Home'I'm in awe of how this beautiful graceful novel can hold so much grief and
loss and love in its pages: a literary gem.' Nicci Gerard author of Soham: A Story Of Our
TimesFrom the internationally bestselling author of The Buddha in the AtticUp above there are
wildfires smog alerts epic droughts paper jams teachers' strikes insurrections
revolutions record-breaking summers of unendurable heat but down below at the pool it is
always a comfortable eighty-one degrees ...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. The finest work yet from a
true modern master.'An unforgettable novel about mothers and daughters by a spellbinding
talent' Daily Mail'Stylistically ambitious and deeply moving' Kirkus Reviews'A goddamn
heartbreaker' Emma Straub author of The Vacationers
