Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Swimming by Nicola Keegan




This was a wonderful, well-written book that explored not only the training world of world class swimming, but the dysfunctional lives of regular people with extraordinary talents and circumstances. Philomena, the main character, must struggle with her thirteen-year-old sister's cancer and the way her parents handle this impossible situation. The stress level becomes so high, that Philomena soon learns to seek another way to get the attention and respect she deserves in life - swimming. Although her obsession with swimming serves her well and makes her feel more in control of life, what happens when the winning is over and she must return to the real life of a "normal" human being? Read it to find out!

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