{"product_id":"swimming-studies","title":"Swimming Studies","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith a new introduction by Rita Bullwinkel\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA brilliantly original, meditative memoir, a 'fusion of cool, clear-eyed prose and watercolours, photographs and portraits' (Time Out New York), that explores the world of swimming.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntimate with chlorinated space; weightless yet limited; closed off to taste, sound, and most sight: this is a swimmer's state. When ten-year-old Leanne Shapton joins a swim team, she finds an affinity for its rhythms - and spends years training, making it to the Olympic trials twice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSwimming Studies reflects on her time immersed in a world of rigour and determination, routine and competition. Vivid details of a life spent largely underwater emerge: adolescence in suburban Canada, dawn risings for morning practice, bus rides with teammates, a growing collection of swimsuits, dips in lakes and oceans. When she trades athletic pursuits for artistic ones, the metrics of moving through water endure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn elegant, spare writing, Shapton renders swimming as a mode of experiencing time, movement, and perspective, capable of shaping our lives in every environment. The result is captivating and profound: a modern classic of sport writing and memoir from a singular talent.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PRHD Penguin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47245688996063,"sku":"9781917092272","price":33.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/2185\/3151\/files\/9781917092272.jpg?v=1755473846","url":"https:\/\/lamplightbooks.pro\/products\/swimming-studies","provider":"Lamplight Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}