The lido : a novel / Libby Page.

Page, Libby, author.

Book

First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.

New York : Simon & Schuster, 2018.

310 pages ; 22 cm.

"Kate is a twenty-six-year-old riddled with anxiety and panic attacks who works for a local paper in Brixton, London, covering forgettably small stories. When she's assigned to write about the closing of the local lido (an outdoor pool and recreation center), she meets Rosemary, an eighty-six-year-old widow who has swum at the lido daily since it opened its doors when she was a child ... When a local developer attempts to buy the lido for a posh new apartment complex, Rosemary's fond memories and sense of community are under threat. As Kate dives deeper into the lido's history--with the help of a charming photographer--she pieces together a portrait of the pool, and a portrait of a singular woman"-- Provided by publisher.

Reporters and reporting -- Fiction.

Women journalists -- Fiction.

Female friendship -- Fiction.

Older women -- Fiction.

Swimming pools -- Fiction.

Brixton (London, England) -- Fiction.

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