{"product_id":"soundings-doreen-cunningham-9781982171797","title":"Soundings: Journeys in the Company of Whales: A Memoir","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"A gorgeous journey...You will be glad you've joined her.\" --Susan Orlean, author of \u003ci\u003eOn Animals \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Library Book\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this lyrical memoir of motherhood, love, and resilience that \"captures rarely observed natural places\" (\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e) a woman and her toddler son follow the grey whale migration from Mexico to northernmost Alaska.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this \"striking, brave[, ] and often lyrical\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e) 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 Ipiaq family in Alaska seven years earlier. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA 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. Big-hearted, 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 1982171790\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781982171797\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/12\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.60w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2022 pg. 11\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2022 pg. 95\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/30\/2022","brand":"Doreen Cunningham","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44044992872703,"sku":"9781982171797","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4bf75d3a-bcb4-424e-b0ed-8726a194ef52.jpg?v=1684976097","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/soundings-doreen-cunningham-9781982171797","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}