The Chronology of Water

About this book

From the debris of her troubled early life Lidia Yuknavitch weaves an astonishing tale of survival. 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. It is a life that navigates and transcends abuse addiction self-destruction and the crushing loss of a stillborn child. It is the life of a misfit one that forges a fierce and untrodden path to creativity and comes together in the shape of love.