A guide to open water lifesaving lessons on love, care, and survival : a memoir
"One night, Virginia Eubanks received the kind of news we all fear. Her beloved partner had been brutally beaten, just steps from their home. Eubanks dove into the responsibilities of caregiving. In the weeks, months, and years that followed, she and her partner, J., struggled to stay afloat as they...
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New York :
Farrar, Straus and Giroux,
2026.
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Table of Contents:
- Scramble ; Lesson 1 : components of a rescue ; Wire cutters
- part I. Lifesaving: Lesson 2 : the surf beach ; Fights and flights Lesson 3 : stages of drowning ; Irritable hearts and evil hours ; Lesson 4 : maintaining vigilance ; The loneliness of the long-distance caregiver ; Lesson 5 : principles of lifeguard deportment ; "We don't throw people away" ; Lesson 6 : standard rescue equipment ; Drowning for love
- part II. Self-rescue: Lesson 7 : the closest buoyant thing ; Erosions and explosions ; Lesson 8 : ice rescue ; The umbles ; Lesson 9 : Bondi rescue ; The world's most dangerous beach ; Lesson 10 : risk assessment ; The big red button
- part III. Wayfinding: Lesson 11 : stop think observe plan ; Suscipe ; Lesson 12 : self-care ; Rangers don't rush ; Lesson 13 : vigils, vandals, and volunteers ; The terrain and the bearing ; Lesson 14 : the right to care ; Discernment ; Lesson 15 : Care and repair ; Laying a bearing to ground
- part IV. Coming back: Lesson 16 : the chain of survival ; Epilogue: An element of courage
- Appendix A: In case of emergency
- Appendix B: Resources and library.
