A review by pridiansky
Swimming in the Sink: An Episode of the Heart by Lynne Cox

Did not finish book. Stopped at 10%.
This is about a woman who can withstand cold temperatures and her journey with a team of doctors doing tests on her to see how her "uncommon abilities" for lack of a better description, could potentially help other people with illnesses or chronic pain.  The problem I had with this book is that I really hate pain or medical procedures, etc.  and she describes all of it in great detail, at least in the chapters that I read.  It was intensely anxiety-inducing to read for me. As in, my heart would race and the descriptions turned my stomach.  Maybe it wouldn't bother someone else, but I'm just very sensitive to that sort of thing and could not force myself to continue. 
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