Soundings

Journeys in the Company of Whales

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Soundings

By: Doreen Cunningham

Narrated by: Doreen Cunningham

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From Mexico to the Arctic ice, grey whale mothers swim with their calves. Following them, by bus, train and ferry, are Doreen and her toddler Max, in pursuit of a wild hope. Doreen first visited Alaska as a young journalist reporting on climate change among indigenous whaling communities. There, drawn deeply into an Iñupiaq family, she joined the bowhead whale hunt, watching for polar bears under the never-ending light. Years later, now a single mother living in a hostel, Doreen embarks on this extraordinary journey: following the grey whale migration back to the Arctic, where greys and bowheads meet at the melting apex of our planet.

WINNER OF THE RSL GILES ST AUBYN AWARD

ONE OF SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE'S TEN BEST BOOKS ABOUT TRAVEL OF 2022

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Critic reviews

"Soundings got under my skin. I finished it in tears." (Amy Liptrott)

"Beautiful...justifies its place alongside nature writing classics such as H Is for Hawk." (New Statesman, Best Books of 2022)

"What a voice! What a book!" (Charles Foster, author of Being a Human)

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