The Resource The lido : a novel, Libby Page
The lido : a novel, Libby Page
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The item The lido : a novel, Libby Page represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Delaware County District Library.
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- Summary
- "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"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Extent
- 310 pages
- Isbn
- 9781501182037
- Label
- The lido : a novel
- Title
- The lido
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Libby Page
- Subject
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- trueIntergenerational friendship
- trueJournalists
- trueLondon, England
- trueOctogenarians
- Older women -- Fiction
- trueRecreation centers
- Reporters and reporting -- Fiction
- trueSenior women
- trueSwimming
- trueSwimming pools
- Swimming pools -- Fiction
- Women journalists -- Fiction
- trueWomen's lives and relationships
- trueAnxiety in women
- Brixton (London, England) -- Fiction
- trueCommunity life
- trueFemale friendship
- Female friendship -- Fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "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"--
- Summary
- An anxiety-riddled cub reporter for a small London paper is assigned to cover the closing of a local rec center and bonds with an 86-year-old widow who has swum in the community pool every day since childhood
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10677187
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Page, Libby
- Dewey number
- 823.92
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Reporters and reporting
- Women journalists
- Female friendship
- Older women
- Swimming pools
- Brixton (London, England)
- Target audience
- general
- Label
- The lido : a novel, Libby Page
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Edition
- First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Extent
- 310 pages
- Isbn
- 9781501182037
- Lccn
- 2017049161
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1006806730
- Label
- The lido : a novel, Libby Page
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Edition
- First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Extent
- 310 pages
- Isbn
- 9781501182037
- Lccn
- 2017049161
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1006806730
Subject
- trueIntergenerational friendship
- trueJournalists
- trueLondon, England
- trueOctogenarians
- Older women -- Fiction
- trueRecreation centers
- Reporters and reporting -- Fiction
- trueSenior women
- trueSwimming
- trueSwimming pools
- Swimming pools -- Fiction
- Women journalists -- Fiction
- trueWomen's lives and relationships
- trueAnxiety in women
- Brixton (London, England) -- Fiction
- trueCommunity life
- trueFemale friendship
- Female friendship -- Fiction
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Writing style Writing style terms tell us how a book is written, from the complexity of the language to the level of the detail in the background.
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