| International Standard Book Number |
9780807023556 (ebook)
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780807023549 (hardback)
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| International Standard Book Number |
080702354X (hardback)
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| Personal Name |
Washington, Kate, 1972- author.
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| Title Statement |
Midstream : a life remade in 50 swims / Kate Washington.
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| Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice |
Boston, MA : Beacon Press, 2026.
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| Physical Description |
207 pages ; 23 cm.
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| Bibliography, Etc. Note |
Includes bibliographical references.
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| Formatted Contents Note |
Introduction: Taking the waters -- A spring-fed stream -- Across the great divide -- Tamed and scenic rivers -- A resevoir with a view -- A recharged aquifer -- A tale of two watersheds -- The enchanted lake -- Rocks and a hard place -- The salt sea -- The golden river -- All the dunks and beyond -- Acknowledgments -- Notes.
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| Summary, Etc. |
As Kate Washington approached her 50th birthday, she was also contemplating ending a 23-year marriage in which she had become so focused on serving others that she'd lost her sense of self. To find herself again, she embarked on what she calls the 50 Dunks Project. The rules: Go to 50 different bodies of water--swimming holes, hot springs, rivers, lakes, creeks, and oceans. Immerse fully, head under water. Chronicle the dunk with a picture and a post. Complete the challenge by the time she turned 50. Largely set in Kate's native California but taking us as far as southern France, dunking us in the waters of the American River, Lake Tenaya, Big Chico Creek, the Rive Gard, and beyond, Kate shares the highlights of her 50 Dunk challenge--including dozens of fantastic, semi-secret places to swim. Along the way, she combines self-examination, wry humor, lyrical description, and cultural critique to illuminate the factors that so often cause women to lose themselves. Midstream makes the case for embracing joy and pleasure as a necessary act of resistance, both for individuals and for the culture at large.
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| Subject-Personal Name |
Washington, Kate, 1972-
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Swimming.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Life change events.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Self-actualization (Psychology) in women.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Women swimmers California Biography.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Middle-aged women California Biography.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Autobiographies.
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| Added Entry, Corporate Name |
Beacon Press, publisher.
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