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A Good Setup to Watch the Paralympics

August 14, 2016 by Jenny S Leave a Comment

As an aging competitive swimmer who’s trying to get herself to Master’s practices regularly and ready herself for a 5K open water swim, I figured that Brad Snyder’s memoir, Fire in My Eyes, would be just the inspiration I needed.  I have vague memories of his swimming performance in the London 2012 Paralympic games, and so when this book popped up in an e-mail from NetGalley I was curious to know more. Overall, this is a solid memoir, written by Snyder and a co-writer, Tom […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: #memoir, Paralympics, Swimming

Jenny S's CBR8 Review No:27 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: #memoir, Paralympics, Swimming ·
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