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The Swimming Pool
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The Swimming Pool: A Novel
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The quick lines on "The Swimming Pool" are likely to focus on the affair between a young man, Jed, and his now-deceased father's mistress, the beautiful and aloof Marcella. What moved me about the story, though, was the exploration of relationship...
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The devastation and aftermath of family tragedy is at the heart of this story.
It begins around a swimming pool on a hot summer day in a village on Cape Cod. We meet friends, but specifically, we zero in on two couples: Cecil and Betsy and Anthony... " Read more of this review » |
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I received an advance copy of this book from the publisher.
There have been many many books over the years that deal with the subject of adultery and one could say that there isn't much left to tell on the subject. With THE SWIMMING POOL, I was ple... " Read more of this review » |
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