Swimming for My Life: A Memoir Fairley Kim
Swimming for My Life: A Memoir Fairley Kim In 1970s Cincinnati, Kim's overwhelmed, financially stressed parents dragged her and her four younger siblings into swimming--starting with a nearby motel…
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Swimming for My Life: A Memoir Fairley Kim
In 1970s Cincinnati, Kim's overwhelmed, financially stressed parents dragged her and her four younger siblings into swimming--starting with a nearby motel pool--as a way to keep them occupied and out of their way. But when Kim's six-year-old brother crashed his new Cheater Slick bike and the babysitter deserted the children, what started as an accident became a pattern: Mom and Dad leaving for weeks at a time and the kids wrestling with life's emergencies on their own.As Kim coped in the role of fill-in mother while dealing with the stresses of elite swimming, she struggled to shape her own life. When Kim was eleven, they began leaving the kids at home with a sitter while they traveled the Midwest, where they sold imported wooden ornaments from their motorhome.
She eventually found strength, competence and achievement through swimming--and became the second female swimmer to win a
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