Swimming Studies

by Leanne Shapton

Book Overview

Winner of the 2012 National Book Critics Circle Award, Autobiography Swimming Studies ?is a brilliantly?original, meditative memoir that explores the worlds of competitive?and recreational swimming. From her training for the Olympic trials as a?teenager to?enjoying pools and beaches around the world as an adult, Leanne Shapton?offers a fascinating glimpse into the private, often solitary, realm of?swimming. Her spare and elegant writing reveals an...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0399158170
• ISBN13: 9780399158179
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: Blue Rider Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.7" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher