{"product_id":"skinny-dipping-and-other-immersions-in-water-myth-and-being-human-paperback","title":"Skinny Dipping: And Other Immersions in Water, Myth, and Being Human - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJanet Lembke\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eThe Lyons Press\u003c\/b\u003e (Prepared by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author of the acclaimed \u003ci\u003eDangerous Birds\u003c\/i\u003e followed that success with a new collection of essays on the natural world, these connected by the theme of water: exploring issues as varied as the joy that water brings, the wistful rememberings it engenders, and its sacredness. As with all of Lembke's essays, the world of classical myth and its characters meld with her native haunts and their people, lending resonance to the seemingly simplest things: a beetle in the garden, a tangle of forgotten roses, an afternoon rainstorm.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow available in paperback for the first time, \u003ci\u003eSkinny Dipping\u003c\/i\u003e brings us waters as diverse as the mythical River Styx and the Bullpasture, a stream near Lembke's Virginia home. In the title essay she looks down a long corridor of time to visit Pliny, the natural historian, for a \"skinny dip\" in A.D. 79; \"Up the Creek\" examines a lazy day's canoe trip with a frightened young friend about to leave home; \"And This Way the Water Comes Down at the Gorge\" is a tale of a burial--with a fine supporting cast of Faulkneresque characters. Skinny Dipping will delight all lovers of Janet Lembke's other books, and anyone who appreciates the art of the personal essay.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJanet Lembke is the author of Dangerous Birds, River Time, and Looking for Eagles, and is a translator of Greek and Latin classics. She divides her time between homes in Virginia and North Carolina, never too far from a good swimming hole.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 177\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.57 x 8.88 x 6.12 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 31, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42130596692103,"sku":"9780813922850","price":24.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/ab6e6e1443ed4609095c290d651916e6.webp?v=1732612186","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/skinny-dipping-and-other-immersions-in-water-myth-and-being-human-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}