Publication

2011 - Hawthorne Books, Portland, OR, Oregon

Language

English

Word Count

67,000 words, Guess

Page Count

268 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • DDC813/.54
  • LCCPS3575.U35 Z46 2011

Description

This is not your mother's memoir. In The Chronology of Water, Lidia Yuknavitch expertly moves the reader through issues of gender, sexuality, violence, and the family from the point of view of a lifelong swimmer turned artist. In writing that explores the nature of memoir itself, her story traces the effect of extreme grief on a young woman's developing sexuality that some define as untraditional because of her attraction to both men and women. Her emergence as a writer evolves at the same time and takes the narrator on a journey of addiction, self-destruction, and ultimately survival that finally comes in the shape of love and motherhood.

Subjects

Topics

WomenFamilySwimmersSexualityBiography813/.54 bYoung women

People

Lidia Yuknavitch

Other Editions

  • The Chronology of Water: a memoirHawthorne Books2011-01-01

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