The Mourner's Bestiary
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
1955905584
ISBN-13
9781955905589
Publisher
Row House Publishing
Imprint
Row House Publishing
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Nov 25th, 2024
Print length
294 Pages
Weight
458 grams
Dimensions
14.90 x 21.90 x 3.00 cms
Product Classification:
Autobiography: general
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A critically-acclaimed literary memoir braiding together environmental research and the personal journey of generational healing, grief, and chronic illness.
"Caffall brilliantly parallels her familys suffering with large-scale ecological upheaval, maintaining a flicker of hope for the future in both cases. This deserves a wide readership." Publisher''s Weekly Starred Review
Author 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.
A literary memoir on loss, chronic illness, and generational healing, Caffalls The Mourners Bestiary is also a meditation on grief and survival told through the stories of animals in two collapsing marine ecosystemsthe Gulf of Maine and the Long Island Soundand the lives of a family facing a life-threatening illness on their shores.
The Gulf of Maine is the worlds fastest-warming marine ecosystem, and the Long Island Sound has been the site of conservation battles that predict the fights ahead for the Gulf.
"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." ? Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant judges citation
"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
"Caffall brilliantly parallels her familys suffering with large-scale ecological upheaval, maintaining a flicker of hope for the future in both cases. This deserves a wide readership." Publisher''s Weekly Starred Review
Author 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.
A literary memoir on loss, chronic illness, and generational healing, Caffalls The Mourners Bestiary is also a meditation on grief and survival told through the stories of animals in two collapsing marine ecosystemsthe Gulf of Maine and the Long Island Soundand the lives of a family facing a life-threatening illness on their shores.
The Gulf of Maine is the worlds fastest-warming marine ecosystem, and the Long Island Sound has been the site of conservation battles that predict the fights ahead for the Gulf.
"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." ? Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant judges citation
"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
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