{"product_id":"9781955905589","title":"The Mourner's Bestiary","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eCaffall, Eiren\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRow House Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e10\/15\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eHardcover\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cb\u003eA critically-acclaimed literary memoir braiding together environmental research and the personal journey of generational healing, grief, and chronic illness.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eCaffall brilliantly parallels her family’s suffering with large-scale ecological upheaval, maintaining a flicker of hope for the future in both cases. This deserves a wide readership.\"\u003c\/i\u003e Publisher's Weekly Starred Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAuthor Eiren Caffall is the inheritor of a family legacy of two hundred years of genetic kidney disease and the mother of a child who may inherit that legacy.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eA literary memoir on loss, chronic illness, and generational healing, Caffall’s \u003ci\u003eThe Mourner’s Bestiary\u003c\/i\u003e is also a meditation on grief and survival told through the stories of animals in two collapsing marine ecosystems—the Gulf of Maine and the Long Island Sound—and the lives of a family facing a life-threatening illness on their shores.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe Gulf of Maine is the world’s fastest-warming marine ecosystem, and the Long Island Sound has been the site of conservation battles that predict the fights ahead for the Gulf.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"Beguiling, idiosyncratic [...] Caffall writes with plangent intensity about our responsibility toward the planet, and her eye for the wonder and beauty of ocean life pierces the illusion of disconnected existence.\" ? \u003ci\u003eWhiting Creative Nonfiction Grant judges citation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"Eiren Caffall has produced some of the most powerful writing on the ecological crisis I have read anywhere. Caffall is a gifted writer, and this book is strong medicine.\" ? Naomi Klein, author, social activist, and filmmaker","brand":"Row House Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45063398490367,"sku":"9781955905589","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/Jacket_61b03d0d-b12b-4eb3-b9ec-8412acfd21a3.jpg?v=1770050869","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9781955905589","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}