The Glass Castle

In order to make her face her fears (of swimming), Rex forces her to learn how to swim in by throwing her in and letting her sink before rescuing her and throwing her back in again. Even though she learns how to swim, Jeannette is angry at her father for his tactics and mad at the rest of her family for allowing him to use them. Her anger later subsides when her father explains that she learned an important lesson in addition to learning how to swim: “you can’t cling to the side your whole life”.