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Breath Like Water

by Anna Jarzab

A swimmer’s ambitions and relationships in flux

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AlbakiReads Editorial

A swimmer’s ambitions and relationships in flux

Susannah Ramos’s identity is closely tied to swimming: early success brought her to the world-champion level, but an unexplained slowdown puts her athletic future at risk. The story brings that struggle into contact with a new coach’s training approach and her growing relationship with fellow swimmer Harry Matthews, who has difficulties of his own. Their shared sport provides the backdrop for questions of ambition, support, and how to balance personal goals with care for others. The book’s young-adult focus and water-sports setting frame Susannah’s attempt to return to the top as both an athletic challenge and a test of the connections she values.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teens and young adults interested in sports-centered fiction
  • Readers who enjoy stories combining competitive swimming with romance
  • Those interested in characters balancing ambition and close relationships

Themes

Competitive swimmingAmbition and setbacksRomance and friendshipBalancing personal goals with relationships

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Book overview

"Expansive, romantic, and powerful." --Gayle Forman, #1 New York Times bestselling author of If I Stay and I Have Lost My Way

Susannah Ramos has always loved the water. A swimmer whose early talent made her a world champion, Susannah was poised for greatness in a sport that demands so much of its young. But an inexplicable slowdown has put her dream in jeopardy, and Susannah is fighting to keep her career afloat when two important people enter her life: a new coach with a revolutionary training strategy, and a charming fellow swimmer named Harry Matthews.

As Susannah begins her long and painful climb back to the top, her friendship with Harry blossoms into passionate and supportive love. But Harry is facing challenges of his own, and even as their bond draws them closer together, other forces work to tear them apart. As she struggles to balance her needs with those of the people who matter most to her, Susannah will learn the cost--and the beauty--of trying to achieve something extraordinary.
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