Swimming in the Sink: An Episode of the Heart
Swimming in the Sink: An Episode of the Heart is a book released in October 2016 by Lynne Cox, a dual inductee in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame and International Swimming Hall of Fame.
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Description
...a powerful book about super athleticism and human frailty, about invincibility and the sudden (mind-altering) repercussions of illness, and about the triumph of spirit, surrender, and love...Cox writes of her full surrender to her increasing physical frailty, to her illness, her treatment, her slow pull toward recovery...
Lynne Cox Books
- Lynne Cox's first book was about her experience of swimming in Antarctica in Swimming to Antarctica published in 2004.
- Her second book, Grayson, details her encounter with a lost baby gray whale during an early morning workout off the coast of California. It was published in 2006.
- The third book South with the Sun was published in 2011 and is about Roald Amundsen, the polar explorer who was the first to reach the South Pole (in 1911). The book honors the 100th anniversary of his triumph.
- Her fourth book is entitled The Day the Whale Came''.
- Her fifth book is a very well-received how-to open water swimming guidebook called Open Water Swimming Manual: An Expert's Survival Guide For Triathletes And Open Water Swimmers.
- Her sixth book is Swimming in the Sink: An Episode of the Heart.
- Swimming to Antarctica, Alfred A. Knopf, 2004 ISBN 0-15-603130-2
- Grayson, Alfred A. Knopf, 2006 ISBN 0-307-26454-8. Has been translated into 20 different languages.
- South with the Sun: Roald Amundsen, His Polar Explorations, and the Quest for Discovery
- The Day the Whale Came
- Open Water Swimming Manual: An Expert's Survival Guide For Triathletes And Open Water Swimmers
- Swimming in the Sink: An Episode of the Heart
2016 World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year nomination
Swimming in the Sink: An Episode of the Heart is nominated for the 2016 World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year by the World Open Water Swimming Association. The nomination reads, "Lynne Cox's voice has echoed across the waterways since she authored her first book, Swimming to Antarctica, in 2004. After setting channel records in her teens, engaging in international diplomacy with her unprecedented Bering Strait swim in 1987, and completing more than 60 extraordinary swims around the world, Cox cemented her legacy with a series of books, delving into a number of profound topics. Swimming in the Sink: An Episode of the Heart is arguably her most touching and surprising book, intertwining her strength of character and renowned athleticism with human frailties that come from illness and grief. For writing about subjects that everyone can relate to, for showing a different side of her strengths and weaknesses, for writing so eloquently from her most generous heart, Swimming in the Sink: An Episode of the Heart is a worthy nominee for the 2016 World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year."
External links
- Books by Honorees in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame
- Another Evening With Lynne Cox
- Lynne Cox, Live Tonight
- Virtual – An Evening with Extreme Swimmer and Author Lynne Cox
- Swimming in the Sink: An Episode of the Heart
- Swimming in the Sink: An Episode of the Heart in the Daily News of Open Water Swimming
- Lynne Cox
- Lynne Cox Profile Page - Video clip, book listings, speaking topics
- 2016 WOWSA Awards Nominees
- 2016 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year Nominees
- 2016 World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year Nominees
- 2016 World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year Nominees
- 2016 World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year Nominees
- Lynne Cox Shares Her Passion At Swim Camp Catalina III
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- 12 Days Of Christmas In The Open Water - 2016
