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Soundings: Journeys in the Company of Whales by Doreen Cunningham
1 review
georgiesutton's review against another edition
4.0
I enjoyed this book but not for the reasons I thought I would. This was a slightly bizarre memoir about trauma that isn't fully explored in the book but is to the author related to whales.
I found the storyline about her time in Utquigvik fascinating and would have liked more on that and more exploration and perspective.
I was not expecting a single mother narrative and whilst originally grating it was a different story to the usual male dominated nature writing.
I would have liked more whales and less ponies and motherhood, but I think that's more in the marketing of this book than the content because it is about Cunningham's experiences.
I did get frustrated with quite how badly planned her trip was to see the grey whale migration given you can easily see grey whales from shore all along the west coast if you just go in the right month.
I found the storyline about her time in Utquigvik fascinating and would have liked more on that and more exploration and perspective.
I was not expecting a single mother narrative and whilst originally grating it was a different story to the usual male dominated nature writing.
I would have liked more whales and less ponies and motherhood, but I think that's more in the marketing of this book than the content because it is about Cunningham's experiences.
I did get frustrated with quite how badly planned her trip was to see the grey whale migration given you can easily see grey whales from shore all along the west coast if you just go in the right month.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Death, Sexual content, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Colonisation
Minor: Suicide and Car accident