Where we swim
Subtitle: explorations of nature, travel and family
By: Ingrid Horrocks
Publisher: University of Queensland Press
Published: 2021
Place of publication: St Lucia, Queensland
Language: eng
Number of pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9780702263408
Copyright date: 2021
Subjects: Travel; Swimmers; Biography; Swimming
Description: Ingrid Horrocks had few aspirations to swimming mastery, but she had always loved being in the water. She set out on a solo swimming journey, then abandoned it for a different kind of immersion altogether -- one which led her to more deeply examine relationships, our ecological crisis, and responsibilities to those around us. Where We Swim ranges from solitary swims in polluted rivers in Aotearoa New Zealand, to dips in pools in Arizona and the Peruvian Amazon, and in the ocean off Western Australia and the south coast of England. Part memoir, part travel and nature writing, this generous and absorbing book is about being a daughter, sister, partner, mother, and above all a human being living among other animals on this watery planet.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.