{"product_id":"the-campbell-gardens-ladies-swimming-class","title":"The Campbell Gardens Ladies’ Swimming Class","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePraise\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBook Trailer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the 2023 Epigram Books Fiction Prize\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/CampbellGardens_Sample.pdf?v=1701214865\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eLook inside the book\u003c\/a\u003e   |   \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookfies.com\/ebook\/956\/the-campbell-gardens-ladies-swimming-classs\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eGet the E-book\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA peek into the lives of Indian women learning to swim.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn eclectic group of Indian women living in a condominium in Singapore are determined to learn how to swim. To accomplish this, they must challenge cultural taboos, paddle against the tide of ingrained beliefs, tread carefully past family members, and dive deep into their pooled psyche to let go of things held dear.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Campbell Gardens Ladies’ Swimming Class\u003c\/em\u003e goes beneath the surface to fathom what hinders these women from owning the water. It plunges into unexpected situations and encounters unusual role models who help uplift these women and make them believe that nothing is impossible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“A story about women coming together, bonding through their hesitations towards water. Beneath the surface and the lighthearted exchanges of women learning to swim is a rich interior world of middle-aged women who are balancing cultures and identities, insecurities and independence.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e—Carissa Foo, author of \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/what-we-learned-from-driving-in-winter\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eWhat We Learned from Driving in Winter\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e and EBFP 2023 judge\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“For an interconnected group of women living in a condominium, swimming becomes not just a metaphor for cultural adaptation and survival, but also for personal freedom, transcendence and even redemption in this heart-warming novel.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Cyril Wong, multi-award-winning author of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/this-side-of-heaven\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis Side of Heaven\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #404040;\"\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fKS544QuIPU\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVrushali Junnarkar\u003c\/strong\u003e is a dentist by training. When not practising, teaching or researching in dentistry, \u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eshe contributes opinion pieces to a women's empowerment website, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-stringify-type=\"italic\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.womensweb.in\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eWomen's Web\u003c\/a\u003e,\u003c\/i\u003e and writes for the \u003cem\u003eTimes of India\u003c\/em\u003e on various aspects of living abroad as an Indian. She has also been published in \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/what-we-inherit-growing-up-indian\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat We Inherit: Growing Up Indian\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/a\u003e(2022). \u003cem\u003eThe Campbell Gardens Ladies’ Swimming Class\u003c\/em\u003e is her first novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Epigram Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46335894323497,"sku":"9789815105261","price":26.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/files\/EBFP-CampbellGardens-CVF-300.jpg?v=1692780312","url":"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/the-campbell-gardens-ladies-swimming-class","provider":"Epigram","version":"1.0","type":"link"}