

Why We Swim
Author: Bonnie Tsui
Narrator: Angie Kane
Unabridged: 6 hr 35 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Dreamscape Media
Published: 04/14/2020
Categories: Nonfiction, Sports & Recreation, Water Sports, Swimming & Diving
Author: Bonnie Tsui
Narrator: Angie Kane
Unabridged: 6 hr 35 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Dreamscape Media
Published: 04/14/2020
Categories: Nonfiction, Sports & Recreation, Water Sports, Swimming & Diving
Bonnie Tsui is a longtime contributor to The New York Times and California Sunday Magazine, as well as the recipient of the Jane Rainie Opel Young Alumna Award from Harvard University, the Lowell Thomas Gold Award, and a National Press Foundation Fellowship. Her book American Chinatown won the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature and was a San Francisco Chronicle bestseller. She lives, swims, and surfs in the Bay Area.
In Why We Swim (Audiobook), Bonnie Tsui explores the relationship that human beings have with water. She dives into the subject more than superficially (pun intended), by investigating the theme of swimming that is not just a sport, but also a transformative experience that is shared among human......more
The book started off well. There were several real-life stories that were interesting to me and I enjoyed learning about the achievements of several people I hadn't heard of before. I wish topics like the science of how swimming impacts our mind and our body were discussed more than the personal lif......more
An exploration of a swimmer's relationship with water. The zone. The psychological effects. The health benefits. Water as a rehabilitation medium bordering on miraculous. Water as a source of inspiration, profound insight and unity with the world. That's quite a lot of discourse to shoulder but Bonn......more