___AMAZON BEST BOOK OF DECEMBER______A TIME MUST-READ BOOK OF THE YEAR______LA TIMES BOOK PRIZE
WINNER___A young queer science writer on some of the ocean's strangest creatures and what they
can teach us about human empathy and survival'A miraculous transcendental book' ED YONG'An
astonishing debut' GUARDIANAs a mixed Chinese and white non-binary writer working in a largely
white male field science 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: 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 Bobbitt worm (named after Lorena) and other
uncanny creatures lurking in the deep ocean far below where the light reaches. Imbler's debut
weaves the wonders of marine biology with stories of their own family and coming of age
implicitly connecting endangered sea life to marginalised human communities and asking how they
and we adapt survive and care for each other.This far-reaching unique collection shatters our
preconceptions about the sea and what it means to survive.'Astounding' PHILIP HOARE'A
revelation' ISABELLA TREE
