Swimming in the sink
Subtitle: an episode of the heart
By: Lynne Cox
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 225
ISBN-13: 9781101947623; 9781101971833
Subjects: Atrial fibrillation; Patients; Swimmers; Biography
Description: A memoir from the open-water swimmer in which "we see Cox finding her way, writing about her transformative journey back toward health, and slowly moving toward the one aspect of her life that meant everything to her--freedom, mastery, transcendence--back to open waters, and the surprise that she never saw coming: falling in love"--Dust jacket flap.
Table of contents: title: The bucket; title: Mind shift; title: Cannulas; title: The discovery; title: Science and magic; title: November 2012: alarms; title: December 18: Doctor's office; title: December 19: hospital; title: December 21: walking; title: December 22: drifting away; title: December 23: in the arms of friends; title: The gift; title: Christmas Eve at Howard's; title: New York City and the country; title: Sheltered; title: Rewiring the mind; title: January 19, 2013: joy and inspiration; title: Dreams; title: Synchronicity; title: Heart cells; title: Moved; title: April 5: elated; title: April kisses; title: The sink; title: May 7: not yet; title: July 2: floating; title: Crawling; title: The heart knows; title: Love and life.