Lifesaving for Beginners: A Memoir

"[The author] tells the story of how her mother's unexpected death forced her to come to terms with a tragic family past . . . A poignantly candid memoir." —Kirkus Reviews

When Anne Edelstein was forty-two, her mother, a capable swimmer in good health, drowned while snorkeling in the Great Barrier Reef. Caring for two children of her own, Anne suddenly found herself grieving not only for her emotionally distant mother but also for her beloved younger brother Danny, who'd killed himself v...