The Memory Pool - Australian Stories of Summer, Sun and Swimming

Swimming is a central part of most Australian childhoods. Weidealise beaches and surf, but for many kids the local pool whether it's an ocean,tidal or a chlorinated pool is where they pass summer days. Pools are placesof imagination, daring, belonging, freedom, friendship and romance. For somethey are places of hard-core swimming training.

This delightful, nostalgic anthology brings togetherreflections and recollections about the swimming pools of childhood from arange of Australians of diverse ages and backgrounds, well known andnot-so-famous, including Trent Dalton, Leah Purcell, Shane Gould, Bryan Brownand Merrick Watts.

Evocative, funny and sometimes bittersweet, 28 peopleremember the pools that shaped their childhoods. Everyone who has ever divedinto their local Olympic pool, bush waterhole or saltwater baths will want tosubmerge themselves in this beautiful book.

Author: Therese Spruhan
ISBN: 9781742236582
Format: Paperback
Publisher: New South Publishers
Date Published: Nov 2019