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The Swimmers by Chloe Lane is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Longlisted for the Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction at the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards 2021The outcast in a family of former competitive swimmers must prepare for the end of her mother’s life in this sharp, sparkling debut from a bold New Zealand talent.°°°'Tackles the subject of assisted dying with wit & pathos' — The Independent‘Darkly funny, desperately sad, brilliantly written. I absolutely loved it’ — Claire Fuller, author of Unsettled Ground°°°Erin’s mother has motor neurone disease & has decided to take her fate into her own hands. As Erin looks back at her twenty-six-year-old self, she can finally tell the story of the unimaginable task she faced one winter.°°°When an affair ends badly & takes her career down with it, 26-year-old Erin leaves Auckland to spend the holiday weekend with her aunt, uncle, & terminally ill mother at their suburban family home. On arrival she learns that her mother has decided to take matters into her own hands & end her life – the following Tuesday.Tasked with fulfilling her mother’s final wishes, Erin can only do her imperfect best to navigate difficult feelings, an eccentric neighbourhood, & her complicated family of former competitive

Who reads The Swimmers?

Author

Chloe Lane

Publisher

Gallic Books, Limited

Published

2023

Language

EN

ISBN

9781913547318

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Family Sagas

Rating

4 / 5 (1,652 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14