{"product_id":"the-chronology-of-water-a-memoir-paperback","title":"The Chronology of Water: A Memoir - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE DIRECTED BY KRISTEN STEWART \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\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\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eINTRODUCTION BY CHELSEA CAIN:: This is not your mother's memoir. In The Chronology of Water, Lidia Yuknavitch expertly moves the reader through issues of gender, sexuality, violence, and the family from the point of view of a lifelong swimmer turned artist. In writing that explores the nature of memoir itself, her story traces the effect of extreme grief on a young woman's developing sexuality that some define as untraditional because of her attraction to both men and women. Her emergence as a writer evolves at the same time and takes the narrator on a journey of addiction, self-destruction, and ultimately survival that finally comes in the shape of love and motherhood.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not your mother's memoir. Lifelong swimmer and Olympic hopeful Lidia Yuknavitch accepts a college swimming scholarship in Texas in order to escape an abusive father and an alcoholic, suicidal mother. After losing her scholarship to drugs and alcohol, Lidia moves to Eugene and enrolls in the University of Oregon, where she is accepted by Ken Kesey to become one of thirteen graduate students who collaboratively write the novel Caverns with him. Drugs and alcohol continue to flow along with bisexual promiscuity and the discovery of S\u0026amp;M helps ease Lidia's demons. Ultimately Lidia's career as a writer and teacher combined with the love of her husband and son replace the earlier chaos that was her life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51273396551903,"sku":"9780979018831","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/wEm3kN-ZHM9780979018831.webp?v=1787835112","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/the-chronology-of-water-a-memoir-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}