The Chronology of Water
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Ratings11
Average rating4.4
From the debris of her troubled early life, Lidia Yuknavitch weaves an astonishing tale of survival. It is a life that navigates, and transcends, abuse, addiction, self-destruction and the crushing loss of a stillborn child. A kind of memoir that is also a paean to the pursuit of beauty, self-expression, desire – for men and women – and the exhilaration of swimming, The Chronology of Water lays a life bare.
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Marvellous memoir! An abusive father, an alcoholic mother, sex, drugs and more sex, multiple marriages, it's a wonder the author survived to discover she could write. However you need to be of strong stuff to read this - it opens with an account of the stillbirth of her daughter while in her twenties. Powerful and moving. Loved it. Full review on my blog here: https://annabookbel.net/the-chronology-of-water-by-lidia-yuknavitch
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