{"product_id":"the-chronology-of-water-a-memoir","title":"The Chronology of Water: A Memoir","description":"\u003cb\u003eNOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE DIRECTED BY KRISTEN STEWART \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHIS IS NOT YOUR MOTHER'S MEMOIR. In \u003ci\u003eThe Chronology of Water\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat follows is promiscuous sex with both men and women, some of them famous, and some of it S\u0026amp;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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"I've read Ms. Yuknavitch's book \u003ci\u003eThe Chronology of Water\u003c\/i\u003e, cover to cover, a dozen times . . . The book is extraordinary.\" --Chuck Palahniuk, author of \u003ci\u003eFight Club\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"display:none\"\u003eISBN-10: 0979018838\u003cbr\u003eISBN-13: 9780979018831\u003cbr\u003eAuthor: Yuknavitch, Lidia\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Hawthorne Books\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hawthorne Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback (Apr 2011)","offer_id":46080696123589,"sku":"9780979018831","price":17.05,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0708\/6414\/2533\/files\/9780979018831.jpg?v=1776039459","url":"https:\/\/www.inveni.store\/products\/the-chronology-of-water-a-memoir","provider":"Inveni","version":"1.0","type":"link"}