The Chronology of Water

A Memoir

By: Lidia Yuknavitch

Narrated by: Lidia Yuknavitch

This is not your mother's memoir. In The Chronology of Water, Lidia Yuknavitch expertly moves the listener through issues of gender, sexuality, violence, and the family from the point of view of a lifelong swimmer turned artist. In writing that explores the nature of memoir itself, her story traces the effect of extreme grief on a young woman's developing sexuality that some define as
untraditional because of her attraction to both men and women. Her emergence as a writer evolves at the same time and takes the narrator on a journey of addiction, self-destruction, and ultimately survival that finally comes in the shape of love and motherhood.

©2010 Lidia Yuknavitch (P)2025 Tantor Media

Unreal, amazing, brilliant on every level

Some of the most beautiful, devastating prose I’ve heard read aloud. The power of the story is superb. So glad this was available on Audible.

How authentic the writing was

It touched me deep down in places that I forgot or tried to forget. I love hated this book because it made me dig deep in places that I had put a nice little shoeboxes and hit away in my mind. This is a wonderful book which I will share with my family membersand my girlfriends because it’s worth reading

Bold and provocative.

Brave and extreme writing. The language is harsh and full of sexual content, yet the story was real and touching! Reader needs an open mind.

Gripping

Gripping tale that’s FANTASTICALLY written, from beginning to end. One who I will definitely re-visit

Beautifully written

The story telling, honesty, and that the writer chose to do the audio so we can hear it in her voice.