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Schwimmen (2010)

by Nicola Keegan(Favorite Author)

3.19 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

349803541X (ISBN13: 9783498035419)

languge

English

genre

Young Adult Fiction

publisher

Rowohlt Verlag GmbH

review 1: I couldn't help but empathise with Philomena, and the theme is swimming is cleverly followed throughout. I found the end harder to read, but I understood why so stayed with it. This book carried me along, sometimes comfortably doing breaststroke, sometimes battering me and sweeping along out of control. At the end, I lifted my head out of the water and realised that, turbulent or not, I'd had a really good swim.
review 2: I read this book a year or two ago and just re-read it recently to try and break myself out of my post-Olympic depression. (Yes, I harbor an addiction to the Games often finding myself up at 5am watching canoe slalom or ping pong... er... table tennis). Anyway, this book is a fantastic story of a "damaged" champion. I found it hilarious ... moreand heart-breaking. The writing is incredibly innovative and thoughtful. Loved loved loved it! less

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