{"product_id":"i-found-my-tribe-a-memoir","title":"I Found My Tribe: A Memoir","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eI Found My Tribe: A Memoir\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eRuth Fitzmaurice\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781635571585\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eBloomsbury USA\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2018\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA transformative, euphoric memoir about finding solace in the unexpected for readers of \u003ci\u003eH is for Hawk, It's Not Yet Dark, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eWhen Breath Becomes Air\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRuth's tribe are her lively children and her filmmaker and author husband Simon Fitzmaurice who has ALS and can only communicate with his eyes. Ruth's other tribe are the friends who gather at the cove in Greystones, Co. Wicklow, and regularly throw themselves into the freezing cold water, just for kicks. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Tragic Wives' Swimming Club, as they jokingly call themselves, meet to cope with the extreme challenges life puts in their way, not to mention the monster waves rolling over the horizon. Swimming is just one of the daily coping strategies as Ruth fights to preserve the strong but now silent connection with her husband. As she tells the story of their marriage, from diagnosis to their long-standing precarious situation, Ruth also charts her passion for swimming in the wild Irish Sea--culminating in a midnight swim under the full moon on her wedding anniversary. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn invocation to all of us to love as hard as we can, and live even harder, \u003ci\u003eI Found My Tribe\u003c\/i\u003e is an urgent and uplifting letter to a husband, family, friends, the natural world, and the brightness of life.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"I Found My Tribe: A Memoir | Ruth Fitzmaurice | Hardcover | 9781635571585 | Used: Like New | Memoir 1559617","offer_id":50581903114498,"sku":"1559617","price":21.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/91W8CJPMcQL.jpg?v=1791011244","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/i-found-my-tribe-a-memoir","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}