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Interweaving a tumultuous family tale of eccentric parents and five kids left to fend for themselves with an eye-opening view of the often-hidden dark side of competitive swimming, this compelling memoir provides a glimpse into the isolation as well as the backbreaking and sometimes soul-crushing work necessary to achieve elite status in the competitive swimming world.

Interweaving a tumultuous family tale of eccentric parents and five kids left to fend for themselves with an eye-opening view of the often-hidden dark side of competitive swimming, this compelling memoir provides a glimpse into the isolation as well as the backbreaking and sometimes soul-crushing work necessary to achieve elite status in the competitive swimming world.

After twenty-four-year-old Kim falls in love with and marries fifty-six-year-old Vern, she quickly becomes pregnant-only to have their love tested by the ghosts of Vern's past, his failing health, and the unexpected arrival of a troubled young boy.

After twenty-four-year-old Kim falls in love with and marries fifty-six-year-old Vern, she quickly becomes pregnant-only to have their love tested by the ghosts of Vern's past, his failing health, and the unexpected arrival of a troubled young boy.

This book is a message of hope for people who feel like giving up. These pages contain real encouragement for anyone who feels like a loser in the most important game of all, the game of life. Are you free falling? Have you have jumped out of the plane and discovered to your horror that you have a defective parachute? Have you looked in the mirror and found yourself startled by the reflection of a failure staring back at you? I have good news....

Has someone in your life--someone who was supposed to love you and protect you--did they hurt you instead? Do you ever wonder why these bad things happened to you? Why would God, who supposedly loves everyone, put you through such a painful ordeal? Whenever someone with hurts like yours came to my medical clinic, I asked myself that question. I thought, how can God's love even begin to make sense to a person who has no real evidence--no proof ...