The Union of Synchronised Swimmers

SKU: 9781922310163
The Union of Synchronised Swimmers - 9781922310163 - Cristina Sandu - Scribe Publications - The Little Lost Bookshop

The Union of Synchronised Swimmers

SKU: 9781922310163
Author: Cristina Sandu | Publisher: Scribe Publications

It's summer behind the Iron Curtain, and six girls begin a journey to the Olympics. But will they come back?

In a stateless place, on the wrong side of a river separating East from West, six girls meet each day to swim. At first, they play, splashing each other and floating languidly on the water's surface. But as summer draws to an end, the game becomes something more.

They hone their bodies relentlessly. Their skin shades into bruises. They barter cigarettes stolen from the factory where they work for swimsuits to stretch over their sunburnt skin. They tear their legs into splits, flick them back and forth, like herons. They force themselves to stop breathing.

Then, one day, it finally happens- their visas arrive. But can what's waiting on the other side of the river satisfy their longing for a different kind of life?

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