| Edition |
First [United States/American] Edition. |
| Description |
225 pages ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
The bucket -- Mind shift -- Cannulas -- The discovery -- Science and magic -- November 2012: alarms -- December 18: Doctor's office -- December 19: hospital -- December 21: walking -- December 22: drifting away -- December 23: in the arms of friends -- The gift -- Christmas Eve at Howard's -- New York City and the country -- Sheltered -- Rewiring the mind -- January 19, 2013: joy and inspiration -- Dreams -- Synchronicity -- Heart cells -- Moved -- April 5: elated -- April kisses -- The sink -- May 7: not yet -- July 2: floating -- Crawling -- The heart knows -- Love and life. |
| Summary |
An inspiring open-water swimmer who swam the English channel and endured 32-degree water off of Antarctica, all without a wetsuit discusses her diagnosis with a dangerous heart condition and her eventual full surrender to her increasing physical frailty, to her illness, her treatment and her slow pull toward recovery. |
| Subject |
Cox, Lynne, 1957-
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| Subject(S) |
Swimmers -- United States -- Biography.
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Autobiographies.
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| Added Title |
Episode of the heart |
| ISBN |
9781101947623 (Hardcover) (alkaline paper) |
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1101947624 (Hardcover) (alkaline paper) |
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9781101971833 (Trade Paperback) (alkaline paper) |
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1101971835 (Trade Paperback) (alkaline paper) |
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