The Swimmer
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Neddy Merrill decides to swim home from a friend's pool party, traveling from fashionable swimming pool to swimming pool on a perfect mid-summer's day. But as night falls and the season begins to change, Neddy sinks from optimistic bliss to utter despair.
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Short StoriesFictionSchoolLiteratureAmericanThe United States Of AmericaClassicsRead For School20th CenturyAudiobook
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