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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.…
Seller Inventory # 00076979329
- Title
- Floating: A Life Regained
- Author
- Joe Minihane
- Publisher
- Overlook Press
- Publication year
- 2017
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Hardback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1468314920
- ISBN 13
- 9781468314922
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Review
Another convert to the magic and majesty of swimming! Joe Minihane's bold personal journey--as the compelling 'Now' of the water helps dilute his history of anxiety--will inspire everyone, even non-swimmers. Dive in. Change your life. Start here.--Lynn Sherr, award-winning print and broadcast journalist and author of Swim: Why We Love the Water
Detailed and searching, the book chronicles one man's search for inner peace while reaffirming the calming power of the natural world. A genuine and refreshing nature memoir.
[A] thoughtful memoir . . . Endlessly probing, Minihane's lyrical chronicle of swimming therapy is his own attack on worry and self-loathing.
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.--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; founder of the Outdoor Swimming Society
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
[Floating] is many things: a quest narrative, an atmospheric travel book . . . and a record of psychic transformation.
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