'A joy to read' Daily Telegraph
Alexandra Heminsley thought she could swim. She really did.
It may have been because she could run. It may have been because she wanted to swim; or perhaps because she only ever did ten minutes of breaststroke at a time. But, as she learned one day while flailing around in the sea, she really couldn't.
Believing that a life lived fully isn't one with the most money earned, the most stuff bought or the most races won, but one with the most experiences, experienced the most fully, she decided to conquer her fear of the water.
From the ignominy of getting into a wetsuit to the triumph of swimming from Kefalonia to Ithaca, in becoming a swimmer, Alexandra learns to appreciate her body and still her mind. As it turns out, the water is never as frightening once you're in, and really, everything is better when you remember to exhale.
'Soaringly beautiful' Sunday Times Magazine
'Genuine and persuasive' Guardian
'Remarkable' Observer
| ISBN: | 9780091959593 |
| Publication date: | 12th January 2017 |
| Author: | Alexandra Heminsley |
| Publisher: | Hutchinson an imprint of Random House |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 230 pages |
| Genres: |
Autobiography: sport Swimming and diving |
'A joy to read' Daily Telegraph
Alexandra Heminsley thought she could swim. She really did.
It may have been because she could run. It may have been because she wanted to swim; or perhaps because she only ever did ten minutes of breaststroke at a time. But, as she learned one day while flailing around in the sea, she really couldn't.
Believing that a life lived fully isn't one with the most money earned, the most stuff bought or the most races won, but one with the most experiences, experienced the most fully, she decided to conquer her fear of the water.
From the ignominy of getting into a wetsuit to the triumph of swimming from Kefalonia to Ithaca, in becoming a swimmer, Alexandra learns to appreciate her body and still her mind. As it turns out, the water is never as frightening once you're in, and really, everything is better when you remember to exhale.
'Soaringly beautiful' Sunday Times Magazine
'Genuine and persuasive' Guardian
'Remarkable' Observer
Leap In features in the following genres: Autobiography: sport, Swimming and diving
Leap In is available in Hardback, Paperback
Leap In was written by Alexandra Heminsley and published by Hutchinson an imprint of Random House
Leap In has 230 pages