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Turning : a swimming memoir
- Title
- Turning : a swimming memoir / Jessica J. Lee.
- Author
- Lee, Jessica J., 1986-
- Publication
- London : Virago, 2017.
- ©2017
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Book/Text | Use in library | JFD 17-4300 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xvii, 284 pages : maps; 23 cm
- Summary
- "At the age of 28, Jessica Lee--Canadian, Chinese and British--finds herself in Berlin. Alone. Lonely, with lowered spirits thanks to some family history and a broken heart, she is ostensibly there to write a thesis. And although that is what she does daily, what increasingly occupies her is swimming. So she makes a decision that she believes will win her back her confidence and independence: she will swim fifty-two of the lakes around Berlin, no matter what the weather or season. She is aware that this particular landscape is not without its own ghosts and history. This is the story of a beautiful obsession: of the thrill of a still, turquoise lake, of cracking the ice before submerging, of floating under blue skies, of tangled weeds and murkiness, of cool, fresh, spring swimming--of facing past fears of near-drowning, and of breaking free. When she completes her year of swimming, Jessica finds she has new strength--and she has also found friends and gained some understanding of how the landscape both haunts and holds us. This book is for everyone who loves swimming, who wishes they could push themselves beyond caution, who understands the deep pleasure of using the body's strength, who knows what it is to abandon all thought ... and float home to the surface."--
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-282).
- Call Number
- JFD 17-4300
- ISBN
- 9780349008349
- 0349008345
- 9780349008356
- 0349008353
- OCLC
- 988067033
- Author
- Lee, Jessica J., 1986- author.
- Title
- Turning : a swimming memoir / Jessica J. Lee.
- Publisher
- London : Virago, 2017.
- Copyright Date
- ©2017
- Type of Content
- textcartographic image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-282).
- Research Call Number
- JFD 17-4300