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Intimate whale migration memoir meets motherhood.

If you have an interest in nature's marvels and human resilience, "Soundings" could resonate deeply with you. Doreen Cunningham's journey isn't just about following whales; it's a profound parallel of maternal strength and survival. With a backdrop of environmental urgency, her story merges the pulse of the natural world with personal growth and cultural immersion. Dive in for an unforgettable narrative that sails across motherhood, identity, and our connection to the earth’s magnificent creatures.

  • RSL Giles St. Aubyn Award for Non-Fiction (2020)
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ISBN: 9780349014951
Date of Publication: 2022-03-03
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: Nature, Science, Travel, Biographies & Memoirs
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In this lyrical memoir of motherhood, love, and resilience, a woman and her toddler son follow the grey whale migration from Mexico to northernmost Alaska. In this blend of nature writing, whale science, and memoir, Doreen Cunningham interweaves two stories: tracking the extraordinary northward migration of the grey whales with a mischievous toddler in tow, and living with an Iñupiaq family in Alaska seven years earlier. A story of courage and resilience, Soundings is about the migrating whales and all we can learn from them as they mother, adapt, and endure, their lives interrupted and threatened by global warming. It is also a riveting journey onto the Arctic Sea ice and into the changing world of Indigenous whale hunters, where Doreen becomes immersed in the ancient values of the Iñupiaq whale hunt and falls in love. Big-hearted, brave, and fearlessly honest, Soundings is an unforgettable journey.
 

Intimate whale migration memoir meets motherhood.

If you have an interest in nature's marvels and human resilience, "Soundings" could resonate deeply with you. Doreen Cunningham's journey isn't just about following whales; it's a profound parallel of maternal strength and survival. With a backdrop of environmental urgency, her story merges the pulse of the natural world with personal growth and cultural immersion. Dive in for an unforgettable narrative that sails across motherhood, identity, and our connection to the earth’s magnificent creatures.

  • RSL Giles St. Aubyn Award for Non-Fiction (2020)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.