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Swimming by Keegan, Nicola is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Swimming about?

From Publishers Weekly Keegan takes on death, religion, relationships and coming-of-age in her gorgeously stylized and irreverent debut about a rising Olympic swimming star. Not even a year after Philomena Pipќ Ash is born in 1960s Middle America, her parents put their rambunctious infant in a pool and watch the remarkable sight of a nine-month-old gliding through the water. With some help from Olympic Supercoachќ Ernest K. Mankovitz, Pip becomes a mercenary swimming machine who wins an unprecedented collection of gold medals in three Olympic games. Though Pip's connection with water is preternaturally intense, she can't relate to people, a dilemma heightened by early encounters with death and her innate awareness of loathsome pain and insecurities. After going through a premature career climax and the subsequent plummet, Pip is forced to deal with emotions she's spent her life ignoring; her sarcastic (and f-bomb laden) musings provide many amusing turns, while Keegan's linguistic playfulness moves the story at a fast clip, even if it sometimes muddles what's going on—particularly toward the end. This is worth reading for the prose alone. (July) Copyright © Reed Business Informat

Who reads Swimming?

Author

Keegan, Nicola

Publisher

Random House, Incorporated

Published

2009

Language

EN

ISBN

9780307269973

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Contemporary Fiction

Rating

3.16 / 5 (930 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13