The dolphin house : a novel / Audrey Schulman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schulman, Audrey, 1963- author.

Contributor:

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human-animal communication--Fiction.

Human-animal communication.

Women--Fiction.

Women.

Nineteen sixties--Fiction.

Nineteen sixties.

Science--Experiments--Fiction.

Science.

Science--Experiments.

Genre:

Fiction.

Historical fiction.

Physical Description:

311 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : Europa Editions, 2022.

Summary:

"Based on the true story of the 1965 "dolphin house" experiment, this spellbinding novel captures the tenor of the social experiments of the 1960's in award-winning author Audrey Schulman's tightly paced and evocative style. It is 1965, and Cora, a young, hearing impaired woman, buys a one-way ticket to the island of St. Thomas, where she discovers four dolphins held in captivity as part of an experiment led by the obsessive Dr. Blum. Drawn by a strong connection to the dolphins, Cora falls in with the scientists and discovers her need to protect the animals. Recognizing Cora's knack for communication, Blum uses her for what will turn into one of the most fascinating experiments in modern science: an attempt to teach the dolphins human language by creating a home in which she and a dolphin can live together. As the experiment progresses, Cora forges a remarkable bond with the creatures, until her hard-won knowledge clashes with the male-dominated world of science. As a terrible scandal threatens to engulf the experiment, Cora's fight to save the dolphins becomes a battle to save herself."-- from Amazon.com.

Notes:

Subtitle from cover.

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

9781609457846

1609457846

OCLC:

1302878151

Publisher Number:

0028937990