{"product_id":"a-boy-in-the-water","title":"A Boy in the Water","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e**Winner of the William Hill 2018 Sports Book of the Year Award**\u003cbr\u003e A \u003ci\u003eSunday Time\u003c\/i\u003es Book of the Year and \u003ci\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of 2018\u003cbr\u003e 'Extraordinary' Clare Balding\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The poignant, life-affirming story of a determined boy, a visionary coach, and how the dream of a record-breaking Channel swim became reality\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Eltham, South London. 1984: the hot fug of the swimming pool and the slow splashing of a boy learning to swim but not yet wanting to take his foot off the bottom. Fast-forward four years. Photographers and family wait on the shingle beach as a boy in a bright orange hat and grease-smeared goggles swims the last few metres from France to England. He has been in the water for twelve agonizing hours, encouraged at each stroke by his coach, John Bullet, who has become a second father.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This is the story of a remarkable friendship between a coach and a boy, and a love letter to the intensity and freedom of childhood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e Biography \u0026amp; memoir, Cultural, Ethnic \u0026amp; Regional\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 179\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Penguin Books, Limited\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780241354124\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Standard Secondhand — £1.00","offer_id":47909763645617,"sku":"SB-0241354129-C3","price":1.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/0241354129.jpg?v=1789162762","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-boy-in-the-water","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}