How far the light reaches : a life in ten sea creatures / Sabrina Imbler ; with illustrations by Simon Ban.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Imbler, Sabrina, author.

Contributor:

Ban, Simon, illustrator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Imbler, Sabrina.

Marine animals.

Marine ecology.

Genre:

Essays.

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

263 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2022.

Summary:

"A queer, mixed race writer working in a largely white, male field, science and conservation journalist Sabrina Imbler has always been drawn to the mystery of life in the sea, and particularly to creatures living in hostile or remote environments. Each essay in their debut collection profiles one such creature: the mother octopus who starves herself while watching over her eggs, the Chinese sturgeon whose migration route has been decimated by pollution and dams, the bizarre Bobbitt worm (named after Lorena), and other uncanny creatures lurking in the deep ocean, far below where the light reaches. Exploring themes of adaptation, survival, sexuality, and care, and weaving the wonders of marine biology with stories of their own family, relationships, and coming of age, How Far the Light Reaches is a book that invites us to envision wilder, grander, and more abundant possibilities for the way we live"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: If You Flush a Goldfish

My Mother and the Starving Octopus

My Grandmother and the Sturgeon

How to Draw a Sperm Whale

Pure Life

Beware the Sand Striker

Hybrids

We Swarm

Morphing Like a Cuttlefish

Us Everlasting.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0316540536

9780316540537

OCLC:

1309868871