{"product_id":"the-chronology-of-water-a-memoir-9780979018831","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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-1978208\"\u003eLidia Yuknavitch\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hawthorne Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/12\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 268\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.60w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780979018831\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0979018838\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO022000\"\u003eWomen\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO031000\"\u003eLGBTQ+\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLIDIA YUKNAVITCH\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Chronology of Water: A Memoir\u003c\/i\u003e and three works of short fiction: \u003ci\u003eHer Other Mouths, Liberty's Excess, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eReal to Reel, \u003c\/i\u003e as well as a book of literary criticism, \u003ci\u003eAllegories of Violence. \u003c\/i\u003eHer work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eMs., The Iowa Review, Exquisite Corpse, Another Chicago Magazine, Fiction International, Zyzzyva, \u003c\/i\u003e and elsewhere. Her book \u003ci\u003eReal to Reel\u003c\/i\u003e was a finalist for the Oregon Book Award, and she is the recipient of awards and fellowships from Poets and Writers and Literary Arts, Inc. Her work appears in the anthologies \u003ci\u003eLife As We Show It\u003c\/i\u003e (City Lights), \u003ci\u003eForms At War\u003c\/i\u003e (FC2), \u003ci\u003eWreckage of Reason\u003c\/i\u003e (Spuytin Duyvil). Yuknavitch teaches writing, literature, film, and Women\"s Studies in Oregon.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hawthorne Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49374212292845,"sku":"9780979018831","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_d6426ced-2fdf-47b1-aad2-0ec99302e9ac.jpg?v=1770911626","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/es\/products\/the-chronology-of-water-a-memoir-9780979018831","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}