We Swim to the Shark

Overcoming fear one fish at a time

Georgie Codd

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English

Fleet
30 January 2020

Fishes (ichthyology)

Georgie Codd is scared of fish. Really, really scared.

She has spent her life beside the water, but won't so much as paddle in it. Even on dry land there's no escape: Georgie sees sharks in the dining room, squid tentacles in the street, has nightmares of being stranded at sea.

She decides that the answer to overcoming this fear lies in travelling to Thailand, learning to dive and swimming with the biggest fish in the world: the massive, mighty whale shark.

Could this immersive therapy actually work? There's only one way to find out. Georgie quits her job, leaves her life behind and plunges into a realm of strange creatures, hidden depths and intrepid diving adventurers. But as her quest expands across the oceans, her shark remains elusive and everything else starts to fall apart around her.

For readers of The Outrun and The Salt Path, We Swim to the Shark is a meditation on diving, grief and what it takes to face our greatest fears.

What readers are saying about We Swim to the Shark:

'Part travelogue, part odyssey and completely engaging. A must read'

'This book is so easy to devour . . . Plus it's full of fascinating facts about fish and how we can save our oceans'

'Adventurous, insightful, informative and entertaining'

By: Georgie Codd
Imprint: Fleet
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 236mm, Width: 162mm, Spine: 32mm
Weight: 580g
ISBN: 9780708899175
ISBN 10: 070889917X
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 30 January 2020
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Georgie Codd has worked behind the scenes at a funeral parlour, taught English in a Himalayan nunnery, edited publications for the Tibetan Government in Exile, and shadowed drug dealers in Florida City. She is a graduate of the University of East Anglia's Prose-writing MA, where her flash fiction won the Seth Donaldson Bursary. We Swim to the Shark is her first book.

Reviews for We Swim to the Shark: Overcoming fear one fish at a time

A terrific read * BBC Radio Norfolk * We Swim to the Shark is a lesson in not giving up, demonstrating that, as with all good adventure stories, the real benefit is in the searching * The i * Subtle insight into the inner psyche and the natural world * Hackney Citizen * smart nature-narrative writing, and hugely enjoyable * Outdoor Swimming Society * an almost spiritual mission . . . sharply drawn * Times Literary Supplement *