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Aquamarine

Aquamarine Paperback - 1992

by Anshaw, Carol

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Imagine how different your life would be if you had made other choices at a crucial turning point in the past. Aquamarine probes that tantalizing idea through the character of Jesse Austin, a former Olympic swimmer who, at age 17, lost the gold medal in the Mexico City games--a loss that has haunted her ever since.

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Mariner Books, 1992. Paperback. Very Good.
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  • Title Aquamarine
  • Author Anshaw, Carol
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Thus
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 208
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Mariner Books, Wilmington, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  • Date 1992
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 00081899
  • ISBN 9780395877555 / 0395877555
  • Weight 0.7 lbs (0.32 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.1 x 6.05 x 0.56 in (23.11 x 15.37 x 1.42 cm)
  • Themes
    • Sex & Gender: Lesbian
    • Topical: Lgbt
  • Library of Congress subjects Lesbians, Women - Psychology
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 91027963
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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Summary

Olympic swimmer Jesse Austin is seduced and consequently edged out for a gold medal by her Australian rival. From there, Anshaw intricately traces three possible paths for Jesse, spinning exhilarating variations on the themes of lost love and parallel lives unlived. Dorothy Allison, author of Bastard Out of Carolina, writes, "I found myself wishing I could buy a dozen copies and start a discussion group, just so I'd be able to debate all the questions this astonishing novel provokes." A Reader's Guide is available.

First line

FOR A FEW supersaturated moments, Jesse feels and sees and smells and hears everything.

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Media reviews

"Inventive . . . and as all-american as Jell-o" The Washington Post

Citations

  • New York Times, 11/30/1997, Page 32

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