My Life in Sea Creatures

An astonishing debut . . . The effect is transcendent . . . an exquisite and indefinable hybrid that is far greater than the sum of its parts . . . At a time when humanity is destroying natural abundance and failing to understand its own diversity, a book like Imbler's is a valuable gift -- Lucy Cooke * Guardian * Imbler is [...] a gifted science and nature writer, capable of describing sea creatures with knowledge, originality and supple poeticism -- Bidisha Mamata * Observer * Imbler, a science journalist, shines a light on some of the ocean's most delightful and overlooked creatures... the author draws connections between these fascinating animals and our own needs and desires - for safety, family and more * New York Times * By way of an exploration of the diverse wonders of marine biology, Imbler reconstructs with raw openness the intensity of their experiences of being a teenager, of coming out, and of gender and racial prejudice * Literary Review * This is a miraculous, transcendental book... To write with such grace, skill, and wisdom would be impressive enough; to have done so in their first major work is truly breathtaking. Sabrina Imbler is a generational talent, and this book is a gift to us all -- ED YONG, New York Times Bestselling author of I Contain Multitudes How do we place our selves in the natural world? What are the costs and gains of our attachment to it? Where would you put Sabrina Imbler's astounding book on the shelf? In a separate section, marked: Awe and Wonder -- PHILIP HOARE, author of New Statesman Book of the Year Albert & the Whale It's a marvel...To find the conundrums of human sexuality and identity reflected back at you by a jellyfish is nothing short of a revelation. Reading this book was an entrancing, provocative, unforgettable experience -- ISABELLA TREE, author of Wilding - the Return of Nature to a British Farm Profound, surprising, and thrillingly strange. I love it -- SY MONTGOMERY, NYT bestselling author of How To be A Good Creature and The Soul of an Octopus A delicious balance of the zoological and the personal. Imbler manages to gaze both inward to the self and outward to the strange selves of the creatures in the world's waters -- ROWAN HISAYO BUCHANAN, prize-winning author of Starling Days and Harmless Like You My Life in Sea Creatures is an ingenious book that shows, with a glittering skill, how the precious life around us enriches our world and our ways of living. This is nature writing with an open and daring heart -- SEAN HEWITT, author of All Down Darkness Wide Sabrina Imbler writes with incredible curiosity, compassion, and wit. This is a book that asks us to care not simply for one another, but for creatures far distant from us-for the sea, the land, and the worlds we make together -- JESSICA J. LEE, author of Two Trees Make A Forest Imbler pulls off an impressive feat: a book about the majestic, bewildering undersea world that also happens to be deeply human * Vogue US * Imbler's ability to balance illuminating science journalism with candid personal revelation is impressive, and the mesmerizing glints of lyricism are a treat. This intimate deep dive will leave readers eager to see where Imbler goes next * Publishers Weekly * A superb must-read... [a] collection of fascinating essays [which] explores the wonders of rivers and oceans in the light of the writer's own life * Tablet * Compulsively readable, beautifully lyric, and wildly tender... A breathtaking, mesmerizing debut from a tremendous talent -- KRISTEN ARNETT, New York Times bestselling author of Mostly Dead Things and With Teeth