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'Lovely, lively, passionate... a celebration of nature's ability to inspire healing and joy' Robert Macfarlane
'Floating is a wonderful book: a love letter to wild swimming, a hate letter to anxiety and a story of how we can learn to live with ourselves, our overclocked minds, even after we climb out of the water' Joe Dunthorne, author of Submarine
The account of one man s journey swimming through the British countryside, immersing himself in the sometimes icy water while coming to terms with something beyond swimming itself. As he comes up for air, he discovers that the swimming is both a joyous activity and a voyage into oneself.
Journalist Joe Minihane became obsessed with wild swimming and its restorative qualities, and developed his new-found passion by following the example of naturalist Roger Deakin in his classic Waterlog. While putting one arm over the other, sometimes resting on his back, Minihane begins to confront the often buried issues in his life. Along the way, he rekindles old friendships and forges new ones, and after an unexpected setback discovers that he has already gained enough strength to be able to continue his recovery on dry land. The activity that he describes is both strange and beautiful, as the wild water puts him in touch with nature and himself.
Floating is a remarkable memoir about, on the surface, a passion for swimming and nature. Moving from darkness into light, it is as intense and moving as it is lyrical and generous. It captures in memorable detail Minihane's struggle to understand his life and move forward and, steeped in the anti-authoritarian and naturalistic spirit of Roger Deakin, celebrates the joy of taking time out to feel better. From Hampstead to Yorkshire, from Dorset to Jura, from the Isles of Scilly to Wales - with this book, Joe Minihane has written what is often a love letter to different wild stretches of water. We swim with him through ponds and lakes, rivers and canals, lodes and marshes, even the ice-cold sea. With him, we too finally come out of the water and dry ourselves off.
'Floating is a wonderful book: a love letter to wild swimming, a hate letter to anxiety and a story of how we can learn to live with ourselves, our overclocked minds, even after we climb out of the water' Joe Dunthorne, author of Submarine
The account of one man s journey swimming through the British countryside, immersing himself in the sometimes icy water while coming to terms with something beyond swimming itself. As he comes up for air, he discovers that the swimming is both a joyous activity and a voyage into oneself.
Journalist Joe Minihane became obsessed with wild swimming and its restorative qualities, and developed his new-found passion by following the example of naturalist Roger Deakin in his classic Waterlog. While putting one arm over the other, sometimes resting on his back, Minihane begins to confront the often buried issues in his life. Along the way, he rekindles old friendships and forges new ones, and after an unexpected setback discovers that he has already gained enough strength to be able to continue his recovery on dry land. The activity that he describes is both strange and beautiful, as the wild water puts him in touch with nature and himself.
Floating is a remarkable memoir about, on the surface, a passion for swimming and nature. Moving from darkness into light, it is as intense and moving as it is lyrical and generous. It captures in memorable detail Minihane's struggle to understand his life and move forward and, steeped in the anti-authoritarian and naturalistic spirit of Roger Deakin, celebrates the joy of taking time out to feel better. From Hampstead to Yorkshire, from Dorset to Jura, from the Isles of Scilly to Wales - with this book, Joe Minihane has written what is often a love letter to different wild stretches of water. We swim with him through ponds and lakes, rivers and canals, lodes and marshes, even the ice-cold sea. With him, we too finally come out of the water and dry ourselves off.
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A brave, moving and inspirational story of wild swimming and succeeding against all odds. "Water has always had the magical power to cure..." writes Roger Deakin in his bestseller Waterlog. This reasoning served as the inspiration for Minihane to take his new obsession with wild swimming to greater heights, with the goal of swimming in every river, lake, lido and bay which Deakin visited on his own trip in the mid-1990s., But beyond his plans to use the journey as a means to see and experience the UK's most scenic locations, it was also a way of soothing his troubled mind and finding a path back to happiness after finally admitting he had a problem with anxiety. Floating is the story of Joe Minihane's attempt to retrace the greatest swimming exploration of our time while facing up to his struggles with anxiety by diving right in. A very different book from Deacon's Waterlog, this is a journey of overcoming emotional and psychological problems with swimming as the medium for recovery., But when Minihane's endeavour is brought to an unexpected halt and he is unable to escape his anxieties in the water, he must discover the means to face them head-on. Turning to professional help and relying on the support of a growing band of swimming fanatics, he learns why his persistent worrying has developed into crippling anxiety and develops the tools to overcome it. While Floating may bring readers back years later to Deacon's spectacular swimming spots, Minihane's wonderful book is about more: coming to the understanding that in life, as in swimming, we sometimes need to let the current lead us and learn how to float in choppy waters.
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'Lovely, lively, passionate... a celebration of nature's ability to inspire healing and joy' --Robert Macfarlane
'A wonderful book: a love letter to wild swimming, a hate letter to anxiety and a story of how we can learn to live with ourselves' --Joe Dunthorne, author of Submarine
'I love this book. It's about swimming, and sometimes about not swimming - but there's so much else. There's nature, the changing landscape, politics, anxiety, challenge and friendship... warm, reflective and honest, [this] has to sit next to Waterlog in every swimmer's library' Jenny Landreth, author of Swell: A Waterbiography
'Minihane writes with a compulsive honesty and clarity that draws you into its stream as beguiling as any river Deakin ever swam a wonderful read. Highly recommended!' --Kate Rew, author of Wild Swim and founder of the Outdoor Swimming Society
'A wonderful book: a love letter to wild swimming, a hate letter to anxiety and a story of how we can learn to live with ourselves' --Joe Dunthorne, author of Submarine
'I love this book. It's about swimming, and sometimes about not swimming - but there's so much else. There's nature, the changing landscape, politics, anxiety, challenge and friendship... warm, reflective and honest, [this] has to sit next to Waterlog in every swimmer's library' Jenny Landreth, author of Swell: A Waterbiography
'Minihane writes with a compulsive honesty and clarity that draws you into its stream as beguiling as any river Deakin ever swam a wonderful read. Highly recommended!' --Kate Rew, author of Wild Swim and founder of the Outdoor Swimming Society
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- PublisherDuckworth
- Publication date2017
- ISBN 10 0715651803
- ISBN 13 9780715651803
- BindingHardcover
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