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It explores resilience, loss, bravery, power, and the consequences of abuse, making it a powerful and emotional journey. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 320 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 02 February 2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Little, Brown Book Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBeautiful . . . Justifies its place alongside nature writing classics such as\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eH is for Hawk\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eNEW STATESMAN\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eWonderful ... both frank and fearless\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eTELEGRAPH\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eBEST TRAVEL BOOKS OF THE YEAR\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eFascinating\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eTOP TEN NATURE MEMOIRS\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eFrom Mexico to the Arctic ice, grey whale mothers swim with their calves.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eFollowing them, by bus, train and ferry, are Doreen and her toddler Max, in pursuit of a wild hope.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDoreen first visited Alaska as a young BBC journalist reporting on climate change among indigenous whaling communities.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThere, drawn deeply into an Iñupiaq family and an ill-fated love affair, she joined the bowhead whale hunt out on the sea ice.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYears later, now a single mother living in a hostel, Doreen embarks on this extraordinary journey:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eFollowing the grey whale migration back to the Arctic, where greys and bowheads meet at the melting apex of our planet.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAs compelling as any novel... A human story of resilience, loss and immense bravery.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eIt becomes not just a book about mother and son, whales, the climate, but a book about power and what happens when power is abused.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eIt is a rallying call for love\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eAlice Kinsella,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eIRISH TIMES\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn this melodic memoir, the climate researcher turned journalist parallels the whales journey with her own through parenthood\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eShreya Chattopadhyay,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eSoundings got under my skin. 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