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Swim: Why We Love The Water (2012)

by Lynn Sherr(Favorite Author)

3.66 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1610390466 (ISBN13: 9781610390460)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

PublicAffairs

review 1: It took me a long time to get into this book, but once I did it was a quick and easy read. It's great for people who love swimming, and it might convince some others to jump in the water. My main issue with it was the jumping around on topics - some were extremely ripe for further discussion (such as how blacks in the United States used to swim at much higher rates but segregation destroyed that). Sherr would briefly touch on issues like these (and others!) for a few pages and then flit on to something else, and it didn't seem to flow. That said, it was still mostly enjoyable.
review 2: Avid swimmers will really enjoy this book. Non-swimmers will wonder how a whole book could be written about swimming. Lynn Sherr, an award-winning broadcast journalist (ABC News... more) and writer, has had a life-long passion for swimming, and has crammed into this book probably everything that can be written about this sport and past-time. In Swim, she writes about the history of swimming, the culture, technique, the science, and the training she personally undergoes for her long-distance, open water swims. I've passed this around to the other avid swimmers that I know, and my copy is well-worn and well-enjoyed. less

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