![]() She pulls inspiration from Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, Jack Kerouac, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William and Dorothy Wordsworth and others, and tells parts of their life story alongside her own in a really clever manner. The book also has several running stories within a story. From martial arts to running to yoga to hiking mountains to skiing and much, much more, Bechdel chronicles many of the fitness trends and fads of the last half-century and how she fared while participating in them. ![]() Bechdel breaks the book into decades to give the reader context, and intersperses the current events of the day with her trials and tribulations through exercise. The book, which is a graphic novel memoir – a genre Bechdel specializes in – follows her from when she was a young child, all the way up to today. While the title may seem a little tongue in cheek, it is not, it is about Bechdel’s lifelong pursuit of supreme fitness. So it’s very fitting that our May selection for the Book Club is “The Secret to Superhuman Strength” by Alison Bechdel.īechdel’s latest book – it debuted on Tuesday to great fanfare – is all about exercise. ![]() Whether we’re out in nature for some canoeing, hiking or skiing, or in our homes on treadmills, rowing machines or Pelotons, exercise is one of the few unbridled joys we’ve been able to take from our past 15 months of comparative isolation. ![]() One of the things we’ve found comfort during the course of the COVID-19 pandemic is exercise. 7 takeaways from the ‘Things That Grow’ discussion with author Meredith Goldstein ![]()
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