Pinky Manzano

Life In a Boat Shell Pinky Manzano

Life In a Boat Shell is a collection of essays gathered in a moment in the life of an active female paddler going through the motions of the sport and adapting real-life discoveries and experiences spent during her years as a dragon boat paddler. It narrates random and memorable anecdotes of middle-aged athletes and their comeback endeavors in the sport, learning beyond the skills and techniques and basic principles of dragon boat. This collection of essays illustrates the brief and random events, capturing and expressing those experiences and learnings through pencil outline illustrations crafted by the author.