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Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction あんどりゅー・かーねぎー せいじんむけ ふぃくしょん および のんふぃくしょん ゆうしゅうしょう

Edition 12 (2023)

Adult FictionAdult NonfictionLibrary-related Literary AwardUnited States

Winners

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Julie Otsuka じゅりー おつか Winner

A crack in the neighborhood pool unsettles the routines of its swimmers and opens into a story about memory, care, and loss. At the center is a mother losing her memory and the daughter who can no longer keep the old life intact.

A crack in the pool becomes a crack in memory and family life.

192 pages
novelmemorymothers and daughtersloss