It takes many miles to swim to a self.
Plagued by an abusive childhood, a woman finds escape in competitive swimming, sexual experimentation, toxic relationships, and addiction before ultimately finding her voice through writing.
sexual abuse
suicide attempt
heroin
abusive father
swimmer
writer
based on memoir or autobiography
divorce
molestation
lgbt
alcoholic father
child molestation
flunking out of school
childhood sexual abuse
woman director
father daughter conflict
thoughtful
provocative
intense
directorial debut