Swimming Lessons: Life Lessons from the Pool, from Diving in to Treading Water [A Harvest Original]

Niven, Penelope; Penelope Niven

ISBN 10: 0156027070 / ISBN 13: 9780156027076

Published by A Harvest Original/Harcourt, Inc., Orlando, FL, Austin, TX, New York, et al., 2004

About this Item

195 + pp. An excellent, spotlessly clean copy and attached dust jacket! Clean, fresh, sharp, tight, essentially and virtually flawless copy and attached dust jacket with crisp pages, spotlessly clean text, and very light shelf wear. Pictures of actual copy -not displayed here!- available upon request.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Swimming Lessons: Life Lessons from the Pool, from Diving in to Treading Water [A Harvest Original]
• Publisher: A Harvest Original/Harcourt, Inc., Orlando, FL, Austin, TX, New York, et al.
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0156027070
• ISBN 13: 9780156027076
• Binding: Soft Cover with Attached Dust
• Illustrator: Jim Nocito (Cover Illustrations); David Amundson (Author Photo); Kelly Eismann (Cover Design); Linda Lockowitz (Design)
• Edition: 1st Edition: 2004
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Like New
• Dust Jacket Condition: Like New
• Seller catalogs:
  • Psychology, Psychiatry, Psychotherapy
  • Meditation, Spirituality, Inspiration

About this title

Synopsis

At age forty-four, Penelope Niven was at a turning point in her life. In need of a change for both body and spirit, she decided to learn how to swim. While discovering the restorative effect of the water, she also began to notice that the lessons she was learning in the pool drew remarkable parallels with the lessons of life. The way in which you first get into the water, for example, is similar to trying anything new-you can jump in feet first, or dive in headfirst, but first you have to have some idea of what you're actually getting into. From floating to treading water, forward strokes to the backstroke, Swimming Lessons combines the familiar lessons of swimming with personal anecdotes and apt observations to stirring effect. Sensible, touching, and personal, this appealing book will be invaluable to any reader facing a life change or simply looking for a little bit of inspiration.

A Harvest Original

About the Author

PENELOPE NIVEN (1939-2014) devoted fourteen years to organizing Carl Sandburg's papers, forming the framework for her 1991 biography of the poet. A fellow of American Literature from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Niven founded and directed the Carl Sandburg Oral History Project for the National Park Service and the University of Illinois Library.