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
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