Book Review: Lynne Cox's "Swimming to Antarctica"

When I reread W. Hodding Carter's Off the Deep End (see review), he mentions that his daughter's favorite book is Swimming to Antarctica : tales of a long-distance swimmer, by Lynne Cox (New York : A.A. Knopf, 2004), which I also picked up simultaneously at the library in a bit of serendipity. While definitely not one of my favorite books, it describes the planning and accomplishments of Lynne Cox, an open water swimmer. The tone of the book is quite detached and I never connected with the author, it seemed like all surface and no depth. The projects she took on were incredibly amazing and for most people, any one of them would have been a lifetime accomplishment (swimming the Bering Sea, crossing the English Channel, etc.), but she completed those and many more. She shares credit with her team members, but never fleshes them out in a meaningful way. I'd recommend this book to anyone interested in open water swimming and the amazing things people do, but I never got into it deeper than as historical fact. Perhaps the problem lies with me and not the author.