{"product_id":"soundings-doreen-cunningham-9781797141671","title":"Soundings: Journeys in the Company of Whales: A Memoir","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis stunning book blends nature writing of the most urgent kind with precise and poetic observation of human tribulation and the interconnectedness of all things. Fresh, brave, and unique.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e --Damian Le Bas, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Stopping Places\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eIn this memoir of motherhood, love, and resilience, a woman and her toddler son follow the grey whale migration from Mexico to northernmost Alaska.\u003c\/b\u003eIn this striking 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 \u003ci\u003eIpiaq\u003c\/i\u003e family in Alaska seven years earlier. Throughout the journey she explores the stories of the whales and their young calves--their history, their habits, and their attempts to survive the changes humans have brought to the ocean. Cunningham's voice is powerful: sharp, profound, sensitive, and unflinching. A story of courage and resilience, \u003ci\u003eSoundings\u003c\/i\u003e 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 Ipiaq whale hunt and falls in love. For this is Doreen's story, too--a fierce, feminist tale, touching on her childhood and her time living in a Women's Refuge with her baby, becoming a mother, just like the whales. Lyrical, brave, and fearlessly honest, \u003ci\u003eSoundings \u003c\/i\u003eis an unforgettable journey.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Doreen Cunningham\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1797141678\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781797141671\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster Audio\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/12\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e CD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 5.59h x 5.83w x 1.10d","brand":"Doreen Cunningham","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":44054796665087,"sku":"9781797141671","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c22f2882-6c74-43d6-8926-2375619b1d9d.jpg?v=1685032047","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/soundings-doreen-cunningham-9781797141671","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}