In a voice as sharp as it is funny and fresh, Lucy unfolds the story of her childhood, at the height of which sits a freak accident that occurred one fateful summer at the family lake house, an event that transforms the family and sets a mother and her daughters on a very different course. With this chain of memories Lucy hits all the nerves that have brought her a lifetime of ambivalence about her mother and exasperation with the outlandish dramatics of her sister, and to a crossroads as a thirty-year-old woman strung out on bitterness and self-doubt. It is Lucy’s one treasured memory – a midnight swim with her mother—that reminds her there is grace in her graceless world, a fact that helps her to forgive her mother, and ultimately, let her go.
Uplifting but unsentimental, compelling and remarkably moving, Swimming Naked is an unforgettable debut that will resonate with daughters, mothers, and anyone who has ever searched their past in the hopes of finding a future.
About the Author Stacy Sims has worked in advertising, public relations, and graphic design, and writes a monthly column for Cincinnati Magazine. This is her first novel. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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