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Cover of The Swimmers

The Swimmers

by Julie Otsuka

2022 · adult

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Set in 1 place · 1 primary
Sense of Place
3/5

Set in

  • ★
    California · United States
    Unnamed California city; an underground pool and memory care facility where Alice's dementia brings her daughter to reck
    ★ primary

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