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Swimming for My Life

- A Memoir
Af: Kim Fairley Engelsk Paperback

Swimming for My Life

- A Memoir
Af: Kim Fairley Engelsk Paperback
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In 1970s Cincinnati, Kim''s overwhelmed, financially stressed parents dragged her and her four younger siblings into swimming - starting with a nearby motel pool - as a way to keep them occupied and out of their way. When Kim was eleven, they began leaving the kids at home with a sitter while they traveled the Midwest, where they sold imported wooden ornaments from their motorhome. But when Kim''s six-year-old brother crashed his new Cheater Slick bike and the babysitter deserted the children, what started as an accident became a pattern: Mom and Dad leaving for weeks at a time and the kids wrestling with life''s emergencies on their own. As Kim coped in the role of fill-in mother while dealing with the stresses of elite swimming, she struggled to shape her own life. She eventually found strength, competence and achievement through swimming - and became the second female swimmer to win a full ride to the University of Southern California, where she earned two national titles. Swimming for My Life is a peek into the dark side of elite swimming as well as a tale of family bonds, reconciling with the past, and how it is possible to emerge from life''s toxic and lifesaving waters.
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In 1970s Cincinnati, Kim''s overwhelmed, financially stressed parents dragged her and her four younger siblings into swimming - starting with a nearby motel pool - as a way to keep them occupied and out of their way. When Kim was eleven, they began leaving the kids at home with a sitter while they traveled the Midwest, where they sold imported wooden ornaments from their motorhome. But when Kim''s six-year-old brother crashed his new Cheater Slick bike and the babysitter deserted the children, what started as an accident became a pattern: Mom and Dad leaving for weeks at a time and the kids wrestling with life''s emergencies on their own. As Kim coped in the role of fill-in mother while dealing with the stresses of elite swimming, she struggled to shape her own life. She eventually found strength, competence and achievement through swimming - and became the second female swimmer to win a full ride to the University of Southern California, where she earned two national titles. Swimming for My Life is a peek into the dark side of elite swimming as well as a tale of family bonds, reconciling with the past, and how it is possible to emerge from life''s toxic and lifesaving waters.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 352
ISBN-13: 9781647422554
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 1647422558
Kategori: Erindringer
Udg. Dato: 11 okt 2022
Længde: 28mm
Bredde: 215mm
Højde: 141mm
Forlag: She Writes Press
Oplagsdato: 11 okt 2022
Forfatter(e): Kim Fairley
Forfatter(e) Kim Fairley

Kategori Erindringer

ISBN-13 9781647422554

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 352

Udgave

Længde 28mm

Bredde 215mm

Højde 141mm

Udg. Dato 11 okt 2022

Oplagsdato 11 okt 2022

Forlag She Writes Press