Now in paperback, this memoir describes how the author conquered her fear of water and learned how to swim. From the author of }Running Like A Girl{. 'A joy to read...' Kat Brown, }Daily Telegraph Alexandra Heminsley thought she could swim. She really did. It may have been because she could run. It may have been because she wanted to swim; or perhaps because she only ever did ten minutes of breaststroke at a time. But, as she learned one day while flailing around in the sea, she really couldn't.