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Title: Dangerous When Wet: The Shelley Taylor-Smith Story by Ian Cockerill, Shelley Taylor-Smith ISBN: 1-86448-075-0 Publisher: Allen & Unwin (Australia) Pty Ltd Pub. Date: 15 February, 1997 Format: Paperback

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Summary: Dangerous When Wet: The Shelley Taylor-Smith Story
Comment: At first glance this book seems to be one of those boring books about someone's life and how they managed to climb over many mountains. But this book is more than that. This book was able to show me what it is like to have a hard and somewhat impossible life. How Shelley Taylor-Smith in her child hood lost her father and suddenly the whole world came crashing down. In this story Shelley shares memories of her childhood growing up in Perth to her drama filled reclamation of the 'round Manhatten island record.

The cover is not an appealing cover but who needs a good looking cover if you've got an inspiring story to tell.

The actual story tells of the hardships faced by a female marathon swimmer. With such as sexism and world water quality being bought throughout the book. She brings up stories of when she raced in the polluted waters of Argentina and Brazil. Also she has raced in the freezing waters of Canada and Sweden. She talks of her magnificent feats of swimming the English Channel, winning the 1991 World Championships in Perth, the swimming from Sydney to Wollongong, being ranked no. 1 in the world for marathon swimming in the men's and women's combined ranking's in 1991, setting 14 world records, winning the round Manhatten island and only 2 DNF's (did not finish) in her entire career.

Shelley also speaks of thing that if she'd had her time again what would she have done different. Like what would she have done if she took the easier option after getting her swimming scholarship in Arkansas and come home to Perth instead of taking up marathon swimming to fund her way through college. Or how she would of tried harder at her marriage. And what she would of done if she never got the chance to go over and study at the University of Arkansas.

The story also portrays the mental toughness of Shelley how she was able to swim in sub-zero temperatures or when she was kicked in the shoulder at the beginning of a race and had to endure the torture of swimming 80 km with a sore shoulder. Or she gave the Women's Weekly the story of her marriage break up and the editors made it like she was the most jealous person alive.

In conclusion this book was well worth a read for any budding sportsman swimmer or not. This is not only inspirational but this also makes you think that there's always someone worse of than you.