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Forced Swimming Test - by Eva Aldea (Paperback)

Name: Forced Swimming Test - by Eva Aldea (Paperback)
Brand: Broken Sleep Books
SKU: 1004884376
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Eva Aldea's Forced Swimming Test is a fiercely intelligent, unflinchingly honest meditation on mental health, neurodivergence, and the uneasy interplay between personal distress and systemic forces.
Author(s): Eva Aldea
86 Pages
Language + Art + Disciplines, Writing

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About the Book

Eva Aldea's Forced Swimming Test is a fiercely intelligent, unflinchingly honest meditation on mental health, neurodivergence, and the uneasy interplay between personal distress and systemic forces.

Book Synopsis

Eva Aldea's Forced Swimming Test is a fiercely intelligent, unflinchingly honest meditation on mental health, neurodivergence, and the uneasy interplay between personal distress and systemic forces. In four interwoven essays, Aldea interrogates the legacy of her father's death and her mother's suicide attempts, while navigating her own lifelong relationship with antidepressants and a late diagnosis of neurodivergence. Moving between personal experience, critical analysis, and philosophical inquiry, she scrutinises the ways in which suffering is medicalised, emotion is pathologised, and capitalism demands resilience above all else. This is a work of rare clarity and depth-rigorous, unsettling, and ultimately transformative.

Specifications

Dimensions (Overall): 8.0 Inches (H) x 5.0 Inches (W) x .21 Inches (D)

Weight: .21 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 86

Genre: Language + Art + Disciplines

Sub-Genre: Writing

Publisher: Broken Sleep Books

Theme: Nonfiction

Format: Paperback

Author: Eva Aldea

Language: English

Street Date: June 30, 2025

TCIN: 1004884376

UPC: 9781917617154

Item Number (DPCI): 247-12-8624

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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