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PublisherAlgonquin Books of Chapel Hill

ISBN-101565124928

ISBN-139781565124929

eBay Product ID (ePID)59357481

Product Key Features

Book TitleSwim to Me

Number of Pages280 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicFamily Life, General, Literary

Publication Year2007

GenreFiction

AuthorBetsy Carter

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1 in

Item Weight17 Oz

Item Length8.7 in

Item Width5.6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2007-008132

Dewey Edition22

Dewey Decimal813/.6

SynopsisIt's a fresh start for Delores Walker when she boards a Greyhound bus bound for Florida. Leaving the Bronx far behind, she's headed for sunny Weeki Wachee Springs, frayed roadside attraction in danger of becoming obsolete with the opening of Walt Disney's latest creation, only miles up the road. Always more suited for a life underwater, Delores joins a group of other aquatic hopefuls in this City of Live Mermaids, where she discovers a world of sequined tails and amphibious theme shows that even Disney couldn't dream up. It's in this fantastic place of make-believe and reinvention that Delores Walker becomes Delores Taurus, Florida's most unlikely celebrity. Bringing together an eccentric assortment of outcasts, poseurs, and underdogs, this wise and poignant novel conjures up a time in America when anything was possible, especially in the Sunshine State. A story of family, chasing dreams and finding your way, Swim To Me will have you believing the impossible--even in mermaids from the Bronx., It's a fresh start for Delores Walker when she boards a Greyhound bus bound for Florida. Leaving the Bronx far behind, she's headed for sunny Weeki Wachee Springs, frayed roadside attraction in danger of becoming obsolete with the opening of Walt Disney's latest creation, only miles up the road. Always more suited for a life underwater, Delores joins a group of other aquatic hopefuls in this City of Live Mermaids, where she discovers a world of sequined tails and amphibious theme shows that even Disney couldn't dream up. It's in this fantastic place of make-believe and reinvention that Delores Walker becomes Delores Taurus, Florida's most unlikely celebrity. Bringing together an eccentric assortment of outcasts, poseurs, and underdogs, this wise and poignant novel conjures up a time in America when anything was possible, especially in the Sunshine State. A story of family, chasing dreams and finding your way, "Swim To Me "will have you believing the impossible--even in mermaids from the Bronx.

LC Classification NumberPS3603.A7768S85 2007