This book was heartwarming and perfect. Great for fans of Fredrik Backman. I will definitely be looking up this authors other works.
This book was heartwarming and perfect. Great for fans of Fredrik Backman. I will definitely be looking up this authors other works.
The story of Gertrude Ederle (Trudy) the first woman to swim the English Channel. A natural born swimmer, She loved the water. She was one of the first women to compete in the Olympics. She was certain she could swim across the Channel. With her second try she did it! Trudy suffered from loss of hearing in one ear and had lots of ear infections. She was shy and didn‘t like the limelight. The first chapters were slow, the rest were great. 4/5
I just started reading this. I hope it will be as good as its reviews. The prologue and first couple of chapters didn‘t grab my attention. I‘m finding it more interesting with each new chapter.
😂Some of the team names in this book!
#middlegrademagic #summerofmiddlegrade
Holy cow another history that schooled me in this I never even wondered about but in all the best ways. Non-fiction unique histories continue to be a blast and I have zero plans of stopping anytime soon. So much respect for these athletes that I, myself, snickered at previously.
Waiting 6 months in publishing to get these most recent Olympics included in the book would have been even more amazing. Physical book = photographs and diagrams