Find a Way

Diana Nyad

Oct 2015 · Sold by Vintage

About this ebook

NOW THE NETFLIX FILM NYAD, STARRING ANNETTE BENING AND JODIE FOSTER

Hillary Clinton said that Find a Way would stay with her through the general election:  “When you’re facing big challenges in your life, you can think about Diana Nyad getting attacked by the lethal sting of box jellyfishes. And nearly anything else seems doable in comparison.”

When Diana Nyad arrived on the shore of Key West after fifty-three hours of grueling swimming across an epic ocean, she not only set a world record—becoming the first person to swim the shark-infested waters between Cuba and Florida with no cage for protection—she also succeeded in fulfilling a dream she first chased at age twenty-eight and at long last achieved when she was sixty-four.  

Now, in a riveting memoir, Diana shares a spirited account of what it takes to face one’s fears, engage one’s passions, and never ever give up. For no matter what life may throw at you, or how many times you may have experienced defeat, it is always possible—as long as you commit to living life to the nth degree, no regrets—to “find a way."

Ratings and reviews

At its best, art makes us experience emotion. The act of writing a book to tell others about a life lived can be great art, and make us flip the pages well past bedtime because we can't bare to not know what happened next. Once in a while, a book crosses your path that is not only captivating, but in its wake, huge questions about the self surface with untold clarity. What is my life about? Where am I going? What would my best life look like? Could I do better? This is one of those.

About the author

For her maverick open-water performance of the 1970s, Diana Nyad was known as the world’s greatest long-distance swimmer. For the next thirty years, Nyad was a prominent sports broadcaster and journalist, filing compelling stories for National Public Radio, ABC’s Wide World of Sports, and others. She is a national fitness icon, has written three other books, is a talented linguist, and is one of today’s most powerful and engaging public speakers.