A fascinating tour of creatures from the surface to the deepest ocean floor: this "miraculous
transcendental book" invites us to envision wilder grander and more abundant possibilities
for the way we live (Ed Yong author of An Immense World ). A queer mixed race writer working
in a largely white male field science and conservation journalist Sabrina Imbler has always
been drawn to the mystery of life in the sea and particularly to creatures living in hostile
or remote environments. Each essay in their debut collection profiles one such creature
including: ·the mother octopus who starves herself while watching over her eggs ·the
Chinese sturgeon whose migration route has been decimated by pollution and dams ·the
bizarre predatory Bobbitt worm (named after Lorena) ·the common goldfish that flourishes
in the wild ·and more. Imbler discovers that some of the most radical models of family
community and care can be found in the sea from gelatinous chains that are both individual
organisms and colonies of clones to deep-sea crabs that have no need for the sun nourished
instead by the chemicals and heat throbbing from the core of the Earth. Exploring themes of
adaptation survival sexuality and care and weaving the wonders of marine biology with
stories of their own family relationships and coming of age How Far the Light Reaches is a
shimmering otherworldly debut that attunes us to new visions of our world and its miracles.
WINNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE in SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Finalist for the Lambda
Literary Award One of TIME’s 10 Best Nonfiction Books of the Year • A PEOPLE Best New Book
• A Barnes & Noble and SHELF AWARENESS Best Book of 2022 • An Indie Next Pick • One of
Winter’s Most Eagerly Anticipated Books: VANITY FAIR VULTURE BOOKRIOT
