About this item
"As she ages, writer Kathleen McDonnell discovers her secret superpower: swimming in cold water. In this wide-ranging memoir, McDonnell shares her love of cold-water swimming and the lessons she has learned from a slow but steady commitment to the sport. She started swimming in Lake Ontario because it was close to home, but as time went on, she began to rely on a daily dip to raise her spirits and to refresh her aging body, even breaking through winter ice to immerse herself. For more than an entire year, starting in 2015, McDonnell swam outside every day."--
About the Author
I write plays, fiction and non-fiction books. a good deal of which is aimed at young people. I think that kids today are hungry for big stories - not just the kind that teach them lessons or reflect their own lives back to them, but stories that allow them to experience danger, exhilaration and terror - the full range of human possibility. I have a particular interest in what I call girl-hero stories, because I think there still aren't enough opportunities for girls to see themselves as the central character, the heroes of their own lives.
