The Chronology of Water: A Memoir

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 ...