Status Updates From Alex by Tessa Duder (1988-0...

"That Christmas afternoon I discovered you could cry and swim at the same time, and no one would know. The pale face and blood-shot eyes they'd put down to swimming pools and hard work."

"You can't blame your equipment like most other sports, or the weather, or being put off by someone screaming instructions from the sideline. There's just your body and a whole lot of water to get through faster than any other body. Your body, and your will, against hers."