Swimming |
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| Author:
| Keegan, Nicola |
| ISBN: | 978-1-299-20227-6 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2009 |
| Publisher: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
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| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $44.85 |
Book Description:
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Born in a landlocked town in the center of Kansas, Pip is tall, flat, smart, funny, and supernaturally buoyant. On land, she has her share of troubles: an agoraphobic mother, a lost father, and a school full of nuns who just want her to sit still. But in the water, Pip is unstoppable. Swimming her way from a small Midwestern team to the Barcelona Olympics, Pip's journey is the story of a young girl with an unsinkable spirit, struggling to stay afloat in the only way she can.
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Born in a landlocked town in the center of Kansas, Pip is tall, flat, smart, funny, and supernaturally buoyant. On land, she has her share of troubles: an agoraphobic mother, a lost father, and a school full of nuns who just want her to sit still. But in the water, Pip is unstoppable. Swimming her way from a small Midwestern team to the Barcelona Olympics, Pip's journey is the story of a young girl with an unsinkable spirit, struggling to stay afloat in the only way she can.
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