Swimming With Seals

A searing, inspiring and personal title from the bestselling author of "The Bone Thief". Victoria Whitworth began swimming in the cold waters of Orkney as a form of escape from the pressures of life. Over four years, she encounters the sea and all its weathers and tells of the wild creatures she encountered and the friendships she made.

About the author

Victoria Whitworth is a novelist and academic who explores the culture and society of Britain in the Early Middle Ages, focusing on death, burial and memory. She is the author of Dying and Death in Later Anglo-Saxon England (as Victoria Thompson); The Bone Thief and The Traitors' Pit (as V.M. Whitworth); Daughter of the Wolf and Swimming with Seals.

Summary

A book about intense physical and personal experience, narrating how Victoria Whitworth began swimming in the cold waters of Orkney as a means of escaping a failing marriage.

Additional text

An extraordinary book' TLS.

Product details

• Authors: Victoria Whitworth, Whitworth Victoria
• Publisher: Head of Zeus
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781784978372
• ISBN: 978-1-78497-837-2
• No. of pages: 208
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Travel > Travel guides; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women, Travel & holiday guides, TRAVEL / Europe / Great Britain, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Gender studies: women, Travel and holiday guides, Gender studies: women and girls, Non Fiction