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\nHow Far the L ight Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures by Sabrina Imbler
\nA queer\, mixed race writer working in a largely white\, male field\, scien ce and conservation journalist Sabrina Imbler has always been drawn to the mystery of life in the sea\, and particularly to creatures living in host ile or remote environments. Each essay in their debut collection profiles one such creature\, including: the mother octopus who starves herself whil e watching over her eggs\, the Chinese sturgeon whose migration route has been decimated by pollution and dams\, the bizarre\, predatory Bobbitt wor m (named after Lorena)\, the common goldfish that flourishes in the wild. Imbler discovers that some of the most radical models of family\, communit y\, and care can be found in the sea\, from gelatinous chains that are bot h individual organisms and colonies of clones to deep-sea crabs that have no need for the sun\, nourished instead by the chemicals and heat throbbin g from the core of the Earth. Exploring themes of adaptation\, survival\, sexuality\, and care\, and weaving the wonders of marine biology with stor ies of their own family\, relationships\, and coming of age\, How Far the Light Reaches is a shimmering\, otherworldly debut that attunes u s to new visions of our world and its miracles. (publisher description)
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