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Swimming Pretty: The Untold Story of Women in Water Audiobook, by Vicki Valosik Play Audiobook Sample

Swimming Pretty: The Untold Story of Women in Water Audiobook

Swimming Pretty: The Untold Story of Women in Water Audiobook, by Vicki Valosik Play Audiobook Sample
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Read By: Sarah Welborn Publisher: Highbridge Audio Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 8.83 hours at 1.5x Speed 6.63 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: June 2024 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9781696616300

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

22

Longest Chapter Length:

58:26 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

20:25 minutes

Average Chapter Length:

36:02 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

1

Publisher Description

"If you're not strong enough to swim fast, you're probably not strong enough to swim 'pretty,'" said a young Esther Williams to theater impresario Billy Rose. Since the nineteenth century, tensions between beauty and strength, aesthetics and athleticism have both impeded and propelled the careers of female swimmers—none more so than synchronized swimmers, for whom Williams is often considered godmother.

In this riveting history—the first of its kind—Vicki Valosik traces a century of aquatic performance, from vaudeville and dime museums to the Olympic arena. Williams, who became a Hollywood sensation for her splashy "aquamusicals," was just one in a long, bedazzled line of swimmers who began their careers as athletes but found greater opportunity, and often social acceptance, in the world of show business. Together, they not only laid the groundwork for synchronized swimming, but forever changed women's relationships with water.

Now, on the fortieth anniversary of synchronized swimming's elevation to Olympic status, Swimming Pretty finally honors the history of grit, glamour, and sheer athleticism of an utterly unique sport.

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