Touching Bottom by Kari strutt, is a story about a young woman who overcame life's challenges and conquered her fears. As a child the narrator was afraid of being underwater. She states, “I was afraid, but I ducked my head into the half-full white tub,” she was unable to conquer her fears on her own, but her father provided the reassurance and confidence that she desperately needed, pressuring her to overcome her fears. The narrator wasn’t always afraid of murky water, and the unknown creatures it held, until she witnessed a leech attach itself to a girl in the lake they were swimming in. She overcame this fear when Ian was in danger, her love for Ian saved them both and changed her life for the better. The narrator never had a sense of
