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Swimming for sunlight

Title
Swimming for sunlight / Allie Larkin.
Author
Larkin, Allie
Publication
New York : Atria Paperback, 2019.

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Book/TextUse in library JFD 19-4029Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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Description
334 pages; 21 cm
Summary
"When recently divorced Katie Ellis and her rescue dog Bark move back in with Katie's grandmother in Florida, she becomes swept up in a reunion of her grandmother's troupe of underwater performers--finding hope and renewal in unexpected places, in this sweet novel perfect for fans of Kristan Higgins and Claire Cook. Aspiring costume designer Katie gave up everything in her divorce to gain custody of her fearful, faithful rescue dog, Barkimedes. While she figures out what to do next, she heads back to Florida to live with her grandmother, Nan. But Katie quickly learns there's a lot she doesn't know about Nan--like the fact that in her youth Nan was a mermaid performer in a roadside attraction show, swimming and dancing underwater with a close-knit cast of talented women. Although most of the mermaids have since lost touch, Katie helps Nan search for her old friends on Facebook, sparking hopes for a reunion show. Katie is up for making some fabulous costumes, but first, she has to contend with her crippling fear of water. As Katie's college love Luca, a documentary filmmaker, enters the fray, Katie struggles to balance her hopes with her anxiety, and begins to realize just how much Bark's fears are connected to her own, in this thoughtful, charming novel about hope after loss and friendships that span generations"--
Subject
  • Fear > Fiction
  • Dogs > Fiction
  • Divorce > Fiction
  • Costume designers > Fiction
  • Motion picture producers and directors > Fiction
  • Sideshows > Fiction
  • Entertainers > Fiction
  • Divorced women > Fiction
  • Rescue dogs > Fiction
  • FICTION / Contemporary Women
  • FICTION / Family Life
  • Sideshows
  • Rescue dogs
  • Motion picture producers and directors
  • Entertainers
  • Divorced women
  • Costume designers
  • Divorce
  • Dogs
  • Fear
Genre/Form
  • Fiction.
  • Romance fiction.
Note
  • "Author of Stay and Why Can't I Be You. A novel"--Cover.
  • "Book Club favorites/Reader's Guide"--Cover.
Call Number
JFD 19-4029
ISBN
  • 9781501198489
  • 1501198483
  • 9781982112134
  • 1982112131
LCCN
2018028792
OCLC
1042075801
Author
Larkin, Allie, author.
Title
Swimming for sunlight / Allie Larkin.
Publisher
New York : Atria Paperback, 2019.
Edition
First Atria paperback edition.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Other Form:
Online version: Larkin, Allie, author. Swimming for sunlight New York : Atria, 2019 9781501198496 (DLC) 2018030240
Research Call Number
JFD 19-4029
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