Description
An intimate yet wide-sweeping story of a marine biologist working to save ocean ecosystems from climate change.
With the world's oceans ravaged by climate change, Emeraude, a young marine biologist, works to preserve aquatic ecosystems by recreating them for zoos. When her work earns her a spot aboard a research vessel with an extended mission in the Arctic, it is the inescapable draw of the ocean that will save her when the world she leaves behind is irrevocably changed.
Stories of Emeraude's ancestors - a young sailor abandoned at birth, a conjuror who mixes potions for her neighbours, a violent young man who hides in the woods to escape an even more violent war, and a talented young singer born to a mother who cannot speak - weave their way through her intimate reflections on a modest life, unknowingly shaped by those who came before.
A RARE MACHINES BOOK
About the Author
J.D. Kurtness left her native North to study microbes in Montreal, but eventually branched out into writing. She won an Indigenous Voices Award for her first novel, De vengeance (Of Vengeance).
Reviews
Aquariums is a luminous, touching and comforting book, written with great clarity. In other words, a healing read. It can be read in a single sitting, and picked up again when one's soul needs soothing. * Solaris *
Awards
Long-listed for First Nation Communities Read Award 2023 (Canada).
Book Information
ISBN 9781459747760
Author J.D. Kurtness
Format Paperback
Page Count 176
Imprint Dundurn Group Ltd
Publisher Dundurn Group Ltd
Weight(grams) 177g
Dimensions(mm) 178mm * 127mm * 25mm
With the world's oceans ravaged by climate change, Emeraude, a young marine biologist, works to preserve aquatic ecosystems by recreating them for zoos. When her work earns her a spot aboard a research vessel with an extended mission in the Arctic, it is the inescapable draw of the ocean that will save her when the world she leaves behind is irrevocably changed.
Stories of Emeraude's ancestors - a young sailor abandoned at birth, a conjuror who mixes potions for her neighbours, a violent young man who hides in the woods to escape an even more violent war, and a talented young singer born to a mother who cannot speak - weave their way through her intimate reflections on a modest life, unknowingly shaped by those who came before.
A RARE MACHINES BOOK
About the Author
J.D. Kurtness left her native North to study microbes in Montreal, but eventually branched out into writing. She won an Indigenous Voices Award for her first novel, De vengeance (Of Vengeance).
Reviews
Aquariums is a luminous, touching and comforting book, written with great clarity. In other words, a healing read. It can be read in a single sitting, and picked up again when one's soul needs soothing. * Solaris *
Awards
Long-listed for First Nation Communities Read Award 2023 (Canada).
Book Information
ISBN 9781459747760
Author J.D. Kurtness
Format Paperback
Page Count 176
Imprint Dundurn Group Ltd
Publisher Dundurn Group Ltd
Weight(grams) 177g
Dimensions(mm) 178mm * 127mm * 25mm
