false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255999419m/6048825.jpg 6048825 5 <p>A spectacular debut about the rise of an Olympic champion—a novel about competition, obsession, the hunger for victory, and a young girl with an unsinkable spirit struggling to stay afloat in the only way she can.<br><br>When we first meet Pip, the extraordinary heroine of Nicola Keegan’s first novel, she is landlocked in a small town in the center of Kansas, literally swimming for her life. Pip is tall and flat and smart and funny and supernaturally buoyant. On land, she has her share of troubles: an agoraphobic mother, a lost father, a drug-addled sister, and a Catholic education dominated by a group of high-energy nuns. But in the water, Pip is unstoppable. In the water, her suffering and rage are transmuted into grace and speed and beauty.<i><br><br>Swimming</i> is the story of Pip’s journey from a small Midwestern swim team to her first state meet, her brutal professional training, and the final, record-breaking swims that lead to her dizzying ascent to the Olympic podium in Barcelona. It’s the story of a girl who discovers, in the loneliness of adolescence, in the family tragedies that threaten to engulf her, the resilience of the human spirit and the spectacular power of her own body.<br><br>A ferociously original novel, sparkling with wit and blazing with emotion, from a gifted new novelist.</p> 6224449 book 14 7 2009 Swimming total:138|5:27|4:35|3:38|2:27|1:11| 138 454 423 55 6048825 0307269973 9780307269973 134 52 3.29 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255999419m/6048825.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6048825.Swimming 4 1 false Tue Jul 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 11:34:15 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 11:37:34 -0700 2009 more...]]> 6048825 0307269973 9780307269973 134 52 3.29 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255999419m/6048825.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6048825.Swimming 3 0 false Sat Jun 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 05 21:13:02 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 05 21:23:53 -0700 2009 more...]]> 6048825 0307269973 9780307269973 134 52 3.29 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255999419m/6048825.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6048825.Swimming 3 0 false Sun Aug 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 06 15:38:52 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 14:04:16 -0700 2009 more...]]> 6048825 0307269973 9780307269973 134 52 3.29 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255999419m/6048825.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6048825.Swimming 3 1 false Fri Aug 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 22 11:28:25 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 07 18:23:01 -0700 2009 more...]]> 6048825 0307269973 9780307269973 134 52 3.29 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255999419m/6048825.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6048825.Swimming 4 0 false Tue Sep 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 16 10:13:55 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 13:30:02 -0700 2009 more...]]> 6048825 0307269973 9780307269973 134 52 3.29 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255999419m/6048825.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6048825.Swimming 5 0 false Sat Jul 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 02 08:34:20 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 04 10:58:48 -0700 2009 twice more...]]> 6048825 0307269973 9780307269973 134 52 3.29 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255999419m/6048825.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6048825.Swimming 2 0 true Tue Nov 24 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 16 17:31:41 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 24 10:21:44 -0800 2009
So, I'll give you a summary so you don't have to read the awful thing.

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Just the cover itself makes me want to jump into the closest body of water on a hot summer day. Philomena (or Pip as she is often called, though she hates it) is an Olympic champion swimmer who gets through all the perils and heartaches of her upside down life o...more...]]> 6048825 0307269973 9780307269973 134 52 3.29 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255999419m/6048825.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6048825.Swimming 1 0 false Mon Nov 23 10:05:47 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 23 10:08:25 -0800 2009 more...]]> 6048825 0307269973 9780307269973 134 52 3.29 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255999419m/6048825.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6048825.Swimming 2 0 false Sat Sep 05 10:23:22 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 05 10:26:16 -0700 2009 more...]]> 6048825 0307269973 9780307269973 134 52 3.29 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255999419m/6048825.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6048825.Swimming 4 1 false Tue Aug 18 11:46:38 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 26 09:49:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 6048825 0307269973 9780307269973 134 52 3.29 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255999419m/6048825.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6048825.Swimming 5 0 false Tue Aug 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 19:43:26 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 11 15:39:42 -0700 2009 more...]]> 6048825 0307269973 9780307269973 134 52 3.29 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255999419m/6048825.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6048825.Swimming 5 2 false Mon Jul 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 23 13:54:10 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 10:02:19 -0700 2009
There are certain books that make turn me into S-L-O-W Man. Stories that I don't want to end: Unbearble Lightness of Being. The Shipping News. The Wind Up Bird Chronicle. I don my goggles, stick my head in a bucket of syrup and suspend time- trying to read as slowly as...more...]]> 6048825 0307269973 9780307269973 134 52 3.29 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255999419m/6048825.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6048825.Swimming 2 0 false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Nov 09 05:31:29 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 09 05:31:47 -0800 2009 more...]]> 6048825 0307269973 9780307269973 134 52 3.29 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255999419m/6048825.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6048825.Swimming 2 0 false Thu Sep 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 19 15:47:49 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 24 11:00:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> 6048825 0307269973 9780307269973 134 52 3.29 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255999419m/6048825.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6048825.Swimming 4 0 false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 17:49:02 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 17:54:15 -0700 2009
The only criticism I have is the repetition of...more...]]> 6048825 0307269973 9780307269973 134 52 3.29 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255999419m/6048825.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6048825.Swimming 4 0 false Tue Aug 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 17:11:20 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 08:51:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 6603547 4 3 3.29 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6603547-swimming 4 0 false Mon Sep 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 01 12:57:17 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 17 11:32:56 -0700 2009 more...]]> 6048825 0307269973 9780307269973 134 52 3.29 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255999419m/6048825.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6048825.Swimming 3 0 false Sun Sep 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 18:01:36 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 18:01:54 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6048825