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Counterpoint
July 2012
On Sale: July 3, 2012
288 pages
ISBN: 1582438293
EAN: 9781582438290
Kindle: B008ATNU64
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Non-Fiction Memoir
On a warm September night in 1991, in a quiet neighborhood north of Houston, Texas, David McGlynnβs closest friend and teammate on the high school swimming team is found murdered on his living room floor. As the crime goes unsolved and his friends turn to drugs and violence, McGlynn is vulnerable, rootless, searching for answers. He is drawn into the eccentric and often radical world of evangelical Christianityβa journey that leads him to a proselytizing campus fellowship in Southern California, on a mission to Australia, and to Salt Lake City, where a second swimmingβrelated tragedy leaves him doubting the authenticity of his beliefs. In his postβevangelical life, he finds himself exiled from his parents, plunged into financial chaos, and caught offβguard by the prospect of fatherhood. A new job offers hope for a new beginning, until the possibility of losing his newborn son forces him to confront the nature of everything he believes. The memoirβs concluding chapter, which appeared in The Best American Sports Writing 2009, celebrates the authorβs love for swimming, the enduring metaphor for his faith and the setting for many of his lifeβs momentous occasions. Rough Water charts the violent origins of one young manβs faith and the struggle to find meaning in the midst of lifeβs painful uncertainties.
 Media BuzzFresh Air - NPR - July 11, 2012
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