'Lovely, lively, passionate... a celebration of nature's ability to inspire healing and joy' Robert MacFarlane
In the breaststrokes of Roger Deakin's Waterlog, this is the story of one man's search for himself across the breadth of Britain's wild waters.
Joe Minihane became obsessed with wild swimming and the way it soothed his anxiety, developing a new-found passion by following the example of naturalist Deakin in his own swimming memoir. While fighting the currents - sometimes treading water Minihane swims to explore, to forget, to find the path back to himself through nature, and in the water under an open sky he finally begins to find his peace.
Floating is a remarkable memoir about a love of swimming and a deep appreciation for the British countryside: it captures Minihane's struggle to understand himself, and the healing properties of wild stretches of water. From Hampstead to Yorkshire, Dorset to Jura, the Isles of Scilly to Wales, Minihane uses Waterlog to trace his own path by diving right in.
| ISBN: | 9780715652701 |
| Publication date: | 5th April 2018 |
| Author: | Joe Minihane |
| Publisher: | Duckworth an imprint of Duckworth Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 270 pages |
| Genres: |
Diaries, letters and journals Autobiography: sport Swimming and diving Self Help and Personal Development |
'Lovely, lively, passionate... a celebration of nature's ability to inspire healing and joy' Robert MacFarlane
In the breaststrokes of Roger Deakin's Waterlog, this is the story of one man's search for himself across the breadth of Britain's wild waters.
Joe Minihane became obsessed with wild swimming and the way it soothed his anxiety, developing a new-found passion by following the example of naturalist Deakin in his own swimming memoir. While fighting the currents - sometimes treading water Minihane swims to explore, to forget, to find the path back to himself through nature, and in the water under an open sky he finally begins to find his peace.
Floating is a remarkable memoir about a love of swimming and a deep appreciation for the British countryside: it captures Minihane's struggle to understand himself, and the healing properties of wild stretches of water. From Hampstead to Yorkshire, Dorset to Jura, the Isles of Scilly to Wales, Minihane uses Waterlog to trace his own path by diving right in.
Floating features in the following genres: Diaries, letters and journals, Autobiography: sport, Swimming and diving, Self Help and Personal Development
Floating is available in Paperback, Ebook
Floating was written by Joe Minihane and published by Duckworth an imprint of Duckworth Books
Floating has 270 pages
£8.99