The swimmers are a dedicated crowd who love their basement pool to the point of alienating their loved ones. They have built an important social system as they fly through their laps. When a series of mysterious cracks appear, concerns for safety lead to the pool closing. The dedicated natators are kicked out and left treading no water. The story flips to focus on Alice who is showing signs of disintegrating memory. She finds herself pulled into her past including a childhood in a Japanese internment camp. Less free, she moves to a memory care center and flutters in and out of the present while her daughter is pulled into the story. The key relationship between mother and daughter reveals the decline of Alice through the eyes of her daughter who is, herself, dealing with the shortcomings of their relationship.
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