Author! Author!

Tuesday evening, Warwick's Book Store in La Jolla was host to a book signing and discussion by Lynn Cox, author of Swimming To Antarctica, Grayson, and her newest endeavor, South With The Sun.

Lynn is best known for swimming more than a mile in the waters off Antarctica. She was in the water for 25 minutes. Her book about that experience, Swimming to Antarctica, was published in 2004.

Her second book, Grayson, details her encounter with a lost baby gray whale she named Grayson, during an early morning workout near LA. It was published in 2006.

In this newest book, her story is a heroic tale of discovery.  Roald Amundson is Norway's native son and explorer of the North and South Poles during the early 1900's.  Her research led her to Norway. After some impressive translation from old Norwegian, she was able to tell his story, giving him the historical credit he never got.

Look them up...all of them!

                                    

Lynne's way of bringing her stories alive is magical.  It pulls you in and (probably because I'm a swimmer) ignites my love for the ocean and all its creatures.  Her books aren't just about the story of a swimmer or a whale, they're about connectivity of one human being to another, to other beings and of discovery of limits, self and shared interests.  She has a beautiful soul.

 till next time...