The Chronology of Water
by Lydia Yuknavitch
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Pub Date 7 Mar 2019 | Archive Date 7 Mar 2019
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Description
From the debris of her troubled early life, Lidia Yuknavitch weaves an astonishing tale of survival. A kind of memoir that is also a paean to the pursuit of beauty, self-expression, desire – for men and women – and the exhilaration of swimming, The Chronology of Water lays a life bare.
It is a life that navigates, and transcends, abuse, addiction, self-destruction and the crushing loss of a stillborn child. It is the life of a misfit, one that forges a fierce and untrodden path to creativity and comes together in the shape of love.
Advance Praise
‘A brutal beauty bomb and a true love song. Rich with story, alive with emotion, both merciful and utterly merciless, I am forever altered by every stunning page. This is the book I’m going to press into everyone’s hands for years to come. This is the book I've been waiting to read all of my life’
Cheryl Strayed, author of Wild
‘Rendered with incredible grace . . . Like water, the memoir takes on an unpredictable journey . . . This is a story grounded in womanhood and what it means to be a woman in this world where women are all too often victimised by those who are meant to care for us most . . . Entrancing’
Roxane Gay
‘Lidia Yuknavitch sets off, fiercely and unrelentingly towards the deep end. Here are phrases of nerve-jangling beauty, moments of sly humour and lines so raw you want to look away. The Chronology of Water is a story about surviving, destroying, becoming, and ultimately, falling in love with the written word. It's a marvel’
Jess Kidd, author of Himself and The Hoarder
‘I've read The Chronology of Water, cover to cover, a dozen times. I am still reading it. And I will, most likely, return to it for inspiration and ideas, and out of sheer admiration, for the rest of my life. The book is extraordinary.’
Chuck Palahniuk
Available Editions
| EDITION | Hardcover |
| ISBN | 9781786894373 |
| PRICE | £14.99 (GBP) |
Featured Reviews
Tara O, Reviewer
I loved this book. It’s beautiful and raw, with prose that is alternately rhythmically flowing and spiky. An autobiography with the running theme throughout of water and swimming, it deals with dark subjects - abuse, grief, addiction - unflinchingly and boldly. She’s a fantastic writer and this packs a hell of a punch.
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