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Heminsley, Alexandra, 1976-
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Swimmers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Swimming.
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Heminsley, Alexandra, 1976-
Heminsley, Alexandra, 1976-
Swimmers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Swimming.
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Leap
in : a
woman
,
some
waves
and the
will
to
swim
/ Alexandra Heminsley.
by
Heminsley, Alexandra, 1976-
Pegasus, 2017.
Call #:
797.21092 H488L
Subjects
Heminsley, Alexandra, 1976-
Swimmers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Swimming.
ISBN:
9781681777726 (pbk.)
Description:
230 p. ; 23 cm.
Summary:
Alexandra Heminsley thought she could
swim
. She really did. It may have been because she could run. It may have been because she wanted to
swim
; or perhaps because she only ever did ten minutes of breaststroke at a time. But, as she learned one day while flailing around in the sea, she really couldn't. Believing that a life lived fully isn't one with the most money earned, the most stuff bought or the most races won, but one with the most experiences, experienced the most fully, she decided to conquer her fear of the water. From the ignominy of getting into a wetsuit to the triumph of swimming to Ithaca, Alexandra learned to appreciate her body and still her mind in becoming a swimmer. As it turns out, the water is never as frightening once you're in, and really, everything is better when you remember to exhale.
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