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The Lifeguard's Perspective had some of the most beautiful lines featured in the collection so far. Told from the perspective of a lifeguard, it also provided readers with a different look at the pond. I think Frizzell choosing this period of her experience at the lake was a great decision. I greatly enjoyed the descriptions from above as swimmers of all kind both loved and feared the water at times.

Out of Time was a good start for the summer section of the collection. It provides us with the writer's history with the pond as well as her relationship with swimming, which she describes as being rather 'fair-weather'. I enjoyed the literary comparisons and the reflection on an experience with a major storm on the way to the pond one day.