{"product_id":"the-dolphin-who-saved-me-how-an-extraordinary-friendship-helped-me-overcome-trauma-and-find-hope-9781778400520","title":"The Dolphin Who Saved Me: How An Extraordinary Friendship Helped Me Overcome Trauma and Find Hope","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eMelody Horrill's memoir tells the story of her friendship with a dolphin and her mission to save its habitat. She had experienced trauma in her childhood, and her friendship with Jock helped her to heal and free herself from the demons of her past. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 296 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 28 September 2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Greystone Books,Canada\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn inspiring book about love in its purest form, as described by Jane Goodall, DBE, the founder of the Jane Goodall Institute and a United Nations Messenger of Peace. With the heartwrenching vulnerability of \"The Glass Castle\" and the spiritual journey of \"H is for Hawk,\" this stunning debut memoir tells the story of a traumatized young woman's friendship with an injured dolphin whose habitat she fights to save.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Melody Horrill arrived at university, she was a troubled and lost young woman, hiding behind a carefully crafted exterior. She had experienced a childhood of emotional and physical trauma, mainly at the hands of her violent father, which was as damaging as it was brutal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne day, Melody volunteered to help her lecturer monitor pods of river dolphins nearby. There, for the first time, she encountered Jock, a solitary dolphin with a maimed fin, who lived apart from the highly social pods. Melody was to form a bond with Jock that gave her the key to freeing herself from the demons of her own past, and their extraordinary friendship was the start of a long-term mission to try to save the river dolphins.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeautifully written and filled with insight and compassion, Melody's memoir details her life-changing friendship with the river dolphins and how Jock helped her to heal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 328g\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 139 x 216 x 24 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781778400520\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Melody Horrill","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":44594773033210,"sku":"9781778400520","price":11.88,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/1695982923664_book.jpg?v=1696055813","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/the-dolphin-who-saved-me-how-an-extraordinary-friendship-helped-me-overcome-trauma-and-find-hope-9781778400520","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}