{"product_id":"the-mourners-bestiary-9781955905589","title":"The Mourner's Bestiary","description":"\u003cb\u003eA critically-acclaimed literary memoir braiding together environmental research and the personal journey of generational healing, grief, and chronic illness.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAuthor Eiren Caffall is the inheritor of a family legacy of two hundred years of genetic kidney disease and the mother of a child who may inherit that legacy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA literary memoir on loss, chronic illness, and generational healing, Caffall's \u003ci\u003eThe Mourner's Bestiary\u003c\/i\u003e is also a meditation on grief and survival told through the stories of animals in two collapsing marine ecosystems--the Gulf of Maine and the Long Island Sound--and the lives of a family facing a life-threatening illness on their shores. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Gulf of Maine is the world's fastest-warming marine ecosystem, and the Long Island Sound has been the site of conservation battles that predict the fights ahead for the Gulf. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Beguiling, idiosyncratic [...] Caffall writes with plangent intensity about our responsibility toward the planet, and her eye for the wonder and beauty of ocean life pierces the illusion of disconnected existence.\" ? \u003ci\u003eWhiting Creative Nonfiction Grant judges citation\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Eiren Caffall has produced some of the most powerful writing on the ecological crisis I have read anywhere. Caffall is a gifted writer, and this book is strong medicine.\" ? Naomi Klein, author, social activist, and filmmaker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Row House Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781955905589\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 294\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs","brand":"Eiren Caffall","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44576663601333,"sku":"9781955905589","price":23.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_fa8136be-04a7-4dfe-ab16-27b36a5cdb81.jpg?v=1724176253","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-mourners-bestiary-9781955905589","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}