THE CHRONOLOGY OF WATER

The Chronology of Water is now a film 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.

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 eventually cause her to lose.

What follows is promiscuous sex with both men and women, some of them famous, and some of it S&M, as Lidia discovers the power of her sexuality to help her forget her pain. The forgetting doesn't last, though, and it is her hard-earned career as a writer and teacher, and the love of her husband and son, that ultimately create the life she needs to survive.

The Chronology of Water - Lidia Yuknavitch - 9781786893307