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A review by lisabage
The End of the Ocean by Maja Lunde
5.0
Fabulous book about the effects of climate change, and yet not about climate change. I worry when I see "climate change", expecting hordes of plastic-straw-police to descend with their tales of gloom and doom. But this story was a story first, not a sermon.
And what a fabulous story. Signe shows how environmentalism is a personal issue, how we carry the wounds of childhood forward with us in life, imposing those scars onto the world. We never seem to outgrow our youngest years, those where we choose parental sides and form opinions based on the frames they create for us. David shows us the power of family and community, how hard it is to give up what you know and to lose what you have.
My favorite quote is one that ties the two stories together: "in the winter, 400 whales were beached in New Zealand -- they couldn't leave because they waited for each other. The smallest whales could have managed it, at high tide they could have swum away, but they stayed, never abandoned their parents, stayed with the pod, dying with the others instead."
Read for Modern Mrs Darcy challenge - a book in translation
And for BookRiot Read Harder challenge - a book about climate change
And what a fabulous story. Signe shows how environmentalism is a personal issue, how we carry the wounds of childhood forward with us in life, imposing those scars onto the world. We never seem to outgrow our youngest years, those where we choose parental sides and form opinions based on the frames they create for us. David shows us the power of family and community, how hard it is to give up what you know and to lose what you have.
My favorite quote is one that ties the two stories together: "in the winter, 400 whales were beached in New Zealand -- they couldn't leave because they waited for each other. The smallest whales could have managed it, at high tide they could have swum away, but they stayed, never abandoned their parents, stayed with the pod, dying with the others instead."
Read for Modern Mrs Darcy challenge - a book in translation
And for BookRiot Read Harder challenge - a book about climate change