{"product_id":"swimming-the-seasons-a-freshwater-almanac-9781916812383","title":"Swimming the Seasons: A Freshwater Almanac","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTo swim is an act of attention: to the self, and to everything beyond it.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFollow poet and nature writer Polly Atkin as she swims through the turning year in the rivers, lakes and tarns of the English Lake District, in this lyrical ode to the uplifting power of water. This is a love story between a person and a place. It is a story of acceptance, persistence and finding joy in the everyday, as eight years of outdoor swimming through every season deepen Atkin's knowledge and understanding of both the landscape she calls home and her disabled body.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEach month in the water reveals how a life lived with pain can be as rich, rewarding and full of delight as any other. Atkin swims for the sheer pleasure of it, showing how that pleasure may be found in every season, even by those who find the cold neither thrilling nor soothing. She reminds us of the quiet power of noticing the lives alongside ours -- birds, plants and people. And through paying attention to herself and to the living world around her, she finds swimming becomes a transformative force, a kind of natural magic through which the extraordinary is revealed day after day, year after year.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Polly Atkin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Saraband\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.80h x 4.20w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781916812383\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2026 pg. 99\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePolly Atkin\u003c\/b\u003e is a poet and nonfiction writer, whose work focuses on nature, place and disability. Her poetry collections are \u003ci\u003eBasic Nest Architecture\u003c\/i\u003e (Seren: 2017), \u003ci\u003eMuch With Body\u003c\/i\u003e (Seren: 2021), and \u003ci\u003eEmergency Dream\u003c\/i\u003e (Seren: 2026). Her nonfiction includes \u003ci\u003eRecovering Dorothy: The Hidden Life of Dorothy Wordsworth\u003c\/i\u003e (Saraband: 2021), \u003ci\u003eSome Of Us Just Fall: On Nature and Not Getting Better\u003c\/i\u003e (Sceptre: 2023 and Unnamed: 2024), and \u003ci\u003eThe Company of Owls\u003c\/i\u003e (Elliott and Thompson: 2024 and Milkweed: 2026). She works as a freelancer from her home in Grasmere, where she co-owns Sam Read Bookseller.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Polly Atkin \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":48910112882845,"sku":"9781916812383","price":17.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_00707ed8-3d9a-4e40-891c-af074e6d7fa9.jpg?v=1789455996","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/swimming-the-seasons-a-freshwater-almanac-9781916812383","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}