The Campbell Gardens Ladiesā Swimming Class
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Winner of the 2023 Epigram Books Fiction Prize
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A peek into the lives of Indian womenĀ learning to swim.
An eclectic group of Indian women living in aĀ condominium in Singapore are determined toĀ learn how to swim. To accomplish this, they mustĀ challenge cultural taboos, paddle against the tideĀ of ingrained beliefs, tread carefully past familyĀ members, and dive deep into their pooled psycheĀ to let go of things held dear.
The Campbell Gardens Ladiesā Swimming ClassĀ goes beneath the surface to fathom what hindersĀ these women from owning the water. It plungesĀ into unexpected situations and encounters unusualĀ role models who help uplift these women and makeĀ them believe that nothing is impossible.
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āA story about women coming together, bonding through their hesitations towards water. Beneath the surface and the lighthearted exchanges of women learning to swim is a rich interior world of middle-aged women who are balancing cultures and identities, insecurities and independence.ā
āCarissa Foo, author of What We Learned from Driving in Winter and EBFP 2023 judge
āFor an interconnected group of women living in a condominium, swimming becomes not just a metaphor for cultural adaptation and survival, but also for personal freedom, transcendence and even redemption in this heart-warming novel.āĀ
āCyril Wong, multi-award-winningĀ author of This Side of Heaven -
Vrushali Junnarkar is a dentist by training. When not practising, teaching or researching in dentistry, she contributes opinion pieces to a women's empowerment website,Ā Women's Web,Ā and writes for the Times of India on various aspects of living abroad as an Indian. She has also been published in What We Inherit: Growing Up Indian (2022). The Campbell Gardens Ladiesā Swimming Class is her first novel.
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- Description
- Praise
- Book Trailer
- About the Author
-
Winner of the 2023 Epigram Books Fiction Prize
Look inside the bookĀ Ā |Ā Ā Get the E-book
A peek into the lives of Indian womenĀ learning to swim.
An eclectic group of Indian women living in aĀ condominium in Singapore are determined toĀ learn how to swim. To accomplish this, they mustĀ challenge cultural taboos, paddle against the tideĀ of ingrained beliefs, tread carefully past familyĀ members, and dive deep into their pooled psycheĀ to let go of things held dear.
The Campbell Gardens Ladiesā Swimming ClassĀ goes beneath the surface to fathom what hindersĀ these women from owning the water. It plungesĀ into unexpected situations and encounters unusualĀ role models who help uplift these women and makeĀ them believe that nothing is impossible.
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āA story about women coming together, bonding through their hesitations towards water. Beneath the surface and the lighthearted exchanges of women learning to swim is a rich interior world of middle-aged women who are balancing cultures and identities, insecurities and independence.ā
āCarissa Foo, author of What We Learned from Driving in Winter and EBFP 2023 judge
āFor an interconnected group of women living in a condominium, swimming becomes not just a metaphor for cultural adaptation and survival, but also for personal freedom, transcendence and even redemption in this heart-warming novel.āĀ
āCyril Wong, multi-award-winningĀ author of This Side of Heaven -
Vrushali Junnarkar is a dentist by training. When not practising, teaching or researching in dentistry, she contributes opinion pieces to a women's empowerment website,Ā Women's Web,Ā and writes for the Times of India on various aspects of living abroad as an Indian. She has also been published in What We Inherit: Growing Up Indian (2022). The Campbell Gardens Ladiesā Swimming Class is her first novel.
