Readalikes: If you liked September's selection . . .

If you enjoyed Fathoms: The World in the Whale by Rebecca Giggs, then you might also enjoy these books and film recommended by our discussion group members:

• The Moon by Whale Light: And Other Adventures Among Bats, Penguins, Crocodilians, and Whales by Diane Ackerman
• The World in a Grain: The Story of Sand and How It Transformed Civilization by Vince Beiser
• The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks, and Giants of the Ocean by Susan Casey
• Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life by Lulu Miller
• The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness by Sy Montgomery
• A Whale for the Killing by Farley Mowat
• The Book of Eels: Our Enduring Fascination with the Most Mysterious Creature in the Natural World by Patrik Svensson
• The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival by John Vaillant
• My Octopus Teacher documentary by Craig Foster

September Not Fiction Book Discussion

"There is a kind of hauntedness in wild animals today: a spectre related to environmental change ... Our fear is that the unseen spirits that move in them are ours."

From the vastness of the stars we turn to the depth of the oceans and their largest inhabitants with the poetically written and deeply reported Fathoms: The World in the Whale by Rebecca Giggs, winner of the 2021 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction, finalist for the 2020 Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction and the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award, and shortlisted for the Stella Prize. How do whales experience environmental change? Has our connection to these animals been transformed by technology? What future awaits us, and them? Fathoms blends natural history, philosophy, and science to explore these questions. 

Giggs writes about how people feel toward animals in a time of ecological crisis and technological change. What do you think? Why do we seek out encounters with other animals? What are our obligations to other animals? 

We hope you will join the discussion:

When and Where?

Tuesday, September 7, at 6:30 p.m. virtually on CCPL's Zoom server. Here is a link to register for the September meeting: 

Hi there, 

You are invited to a Zoom meeting. 

When: Sep 7, 2021 06:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) 

Register in advance for this meeting:

https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYqceisqjkvGdQlXPa0Wx5dyNGMbiuz9u5K 

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.