Soundings: Journeying to Alaska in the Company of Whales, by Doreen Cunningham 

This program is in partnership with the Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Museum.  

Dive into your next read with The Whaling Museum’s Beyond the Book Club. We hand select texts that explore stories and history related to the museum’s collection for a truly unique experience.  Look up-close at artifacts that enhance discussions around the monthly read. Participants may read up on a related topic to join the conversation. Enjoy light snacks and drinks while you chat. Books are available at the Circulation Desk of the Library. Please note: this program will take place at the Whaling Museum.

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Soundings: Journeying to Alaska in the Company of Whales, by Doreen Cunningham  Mothers come is all shapes and sizes, as we discover in this remarkable book.  Part nature writing, part memoir, Soundings interweaves stories from Cunningham's time spent with an Iñupiaq family in Alaska and a journey she made several years later to study grey whales with a mischevious oddler in tow.  Celebrate the resiliency of migrating whale mothers facing climate change and Indigenous whale hunters facing a changing world.