A review by pjdas1012
Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life by Lulu Miller
5.0
"Well, that. That was something. Was it not? The difference between life and death. Did that not count for something?"
A science reporter investigates the life of David Starr Jordan as she seeks to answer a question in her own life: How do we cope with Chaos? This book is unlike anything I have read before. It combines elements of memoir with biography with investigative journalism. And it is spectacular. I had no expectations prior to picking up this book, and I certainly did not expect to be tearing up consistently throughout. The core question of this book really is: What is the meaning of life? How do we go on living in the face of our own insignificance? To answer this, the author looks to the life of David Starr Jordan, a man who was passionate about studying fish. As she charts his life as well as her own, I was moved and experienced a gamut of emotion. It's a book that can make you look at the world in a different way. And it is one of the best books I have read this year.
A science reporter investigates the life of David Starr Jordan as she seeks to answer a question in her own life: How do we cope with Chaos? This book is unlike anything I have read before. It combines elements of memoir with biography with investigative journalism. And it is spectacular. I had no expectations prior to picking up this book, and I certainly did not expect to be tearing up consistently throughout. The core question of this book really is: What is the meaning of life? How do we go on living in the face of our own insignificance? To answer this, the author looks to the life of David Starr Jordan, a man who was passionate about studying fish. As she charts his life as well as her own, I was moved and experienced a gamut of emotion. It's a book that can make you look at the world in a different way. And it is one of the best books I have read this year.