christinel 's review for:

Swimming Studies by Leanne Shapton

4.0

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I am water baby and feel like a swim is almost as much of a pleasurable indulgence as a professional massage. So I'm here for this artsy, impressionistic collage of a memoir that includes vignettes from Shapton's young life as an Olympic hopeful, vignettes of her current life as an artist who continues to use swimming as sort of a design motif in her life, water colour paintings of swimmers and pools, and photos of her collection of vintage bathing suits. Don't expect it to have narrative drive, but if you just want to spend time imagining yourself in pools under many different circumstances, it might be for you.