Johnny Weissmuller, who later played Tarzan in the movies, was the first person to swim the 100-meter freestyle in less than a minute. Gertrude Ederle, for instance, was just 20 years old when she swam the English Channel in under 15 hours, a record she held for a quarter-century. Swimmers, as she shows in this book, come in all shapes, sizes and ages. It wasn’t until college, after she came out as a lesbian, that Congdon resumed the sport in earnest, and it connected her to the better parts of her life. It was fun, but it was work, and her interest in swimming declined: life got in the way, school demanded time, injuries happened. And in The Joy of Swimming by Lisa Congdon, you’ll meet like-minded people in swimsuits.Īt the tender age of eight, Lisa Congdon learned to love swimming when her mother signed her up for swim team near their California home. Maybe that’s not the nicest thing you’ve ever heard, but hey! If something’s true, it’s true, right? Yep, you love being in a pool, lake, pond, the ocean, a puddle, it doesn’t matter. The Joy of Swimming by Lisa Congdon (Chronicle Books 2016) $18.95 141 pp.
Lesbian author examines swimming from all angles
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