Soundings: Journeys in the Company of Whales

Beautiful . . . Justifies Its Place Alongside Nature Writing Classics Such As H Is For Hawk New StatesmanWonderful ... Both Frank And Fearless Telegraph Best Travel Books Of The YearFascinating Guardian Top Ten Nature Memoirsfrom Mexico To The Arctic Ice, Grey Whale Mothers Swim With Their Calves. Following Them, By Bus, Train And Ferry, Are Doreen And Her Toddler Max, In Pursuit Of A Wild Hope.Doreen First Visited Alaska As A Young Bbc Journalist Reporting On Climate Change Among Indigenous Whaling Communities. There, Drawn Deeply Into An IUpiaq Family And An IllFated Love Affair, She Joined The Bowhead Whale Hunt Out On The Sea Ice.Years Later, Now A Single Mother Living In A Hostel, Doreen Embarks On This Extraordinary Journey: Following The Grey Whale Migration Back To The Arctic, Where Greys And Bowheads Meet At The Melting Apex Of Our Planet.As Compelling As Any Novel... A Human Story Of Resilience, Loss And Immense Bravery. It Becomes Not Just A Book About Mother And Son, Whales, The Climate, But A Book About Power And What Happens When Power Is Abused. It Is A Rallying Call For Love Alice Kinsella, Irish TimesIn This Melodic Memoir, The Climate Researcher Turned Journalist Parallels The Whales Journey With Her Own Through Parenthood Shreyachattopadhyay, New York TimesSoundings Got Under My Skin. I Finished It In Tears Amy LiptrotWhat A Voice! What A Book! Charles FosterSoulful, Honest, Insightful, Humane And Propulsive Jini ReddyThrilling, Passionate And TenderHearted Helen Jukeswinner Of The Rsl Giles St Aubyn Awardlonglisted For The Snhn Natural History Book Prizeone Of Smithsonian MagazineS Ten Best Books About Travel Of 2022