The chronology of water

Blurb

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE DIRECTED BY KRISTEN STEWART From the debris of a troubled early life comes an astonishing tale of survival, a paean to the pursuit of beauty, self-expression, desire—for men and women—and the exhilaration of swimming THIS IS NOT YOUR MOTHER’S MEMOIR. In The Chronology of Water , Lidia Yuknavitch, a lifelong swimmer and Olympic hopeful, escapes her raging father and alcoholic and suicidal mother when she accepts a swimming scholarship which drug and alcohol addiction eventually cause her to lose. What follows is promiscuous sex with both men and women, some of them famous, and some of it S&M, as Lidia discovers the power of her sexuality to help her forget her pain. The forgetting doesn’t last, though, and it is her hard-earned career as a writer and teacher, and the love of her husband and son, that ultimately create the life she needs to survive. "I've read Ms. Yuknavitch's book The Chronology of Water , cover to cover, a dozen times . . . The book is extraordinary." —Chuck Palahniuk, author of Fight Club