The Chronology of Water

By: Lidia Yuknavitch

Published April 12th 2011 by Hawthorne Books (first published March 1st 2011)

Category: Biography

Pages: 310 pages

ISBN: 9780979018831

Description:
This is not your motherÕs memoir. In The Chronology of Water, Lidia Yuknavitch expertly moves the reader through issues of gender, sexuality, violence, and the family from the point of view of a lifelong swimmer turned artist. In writing that explores the nature of memoir itself, her story traces the effect of extreme grief on a young womanÕs developing sexuality that some define as untraditional because of her attraction to both men and women. Her emergence as a writer evolves at the same time and takes the narrator on a journey of addiction, self-destruction, and ultimately survival that finally comes in the shape of love and motherhood.