Author: Catherine Jenkins. Published by Insomniac Press, Toronto, ON., 2002, 1st Edition. Flat SIGNED by the Author on the title page. Printed in Canada. Liket New Condition SOFTCOVER Book. Clean inside, tight spine. Size: 9 x 6 inch, 161 pages.
SWIMMING IN THE OCEAN, A Novel by Catherine Jenkins, is about tossing secrets into the water to become free from the bonds of silence and unnamed tensions that often hold us back from embracing our sometimes uncomfortable and cumbersome selves.
While on a Caribbean holiday, the narrator summons memories of her past lovers, of dealing with depression, and other personal secrets. Ultimately, she moves into a strong reflective present, poised to dive into the cold uncertainty of the future with renewed self-assurance and self-acceptance. With the ocean and marine life serving as subtle metaphors, each segment of the novel folds over the next, slowly building into a complex emotional whole.
Poet and freelance editor and writer Catherine Jenkins début novel boldly celebrates the resilience and complexity of human emotion and spirit in sleek and honest poetic prose.
