Why Fish Don'T Exist

Wholly unique and a true delight! -- Refinery 29 What a delightful book... Ms. Miller wields [Radiolab's] familiar format with panache, spinning a tale so seductive that I read her book in one sitting. -- The Wall Street Journal Stunning and brilliant and completely un-sum-up-able... I love this book so much! -- John Green, New York Times bestselling author of Turtles All the Way Down Some years back, Lulu Miller disappeared down a very strange rabbit hole that led her to places neither she nor you would ever be able to anticipate. I highly recommend you follow her down the hole, because of her singular and gigantic gifts as a writer and storyteller, but also because of what's down there: love, chaos, strychnine, a gun, dangerous delusions, heroic dandelions, a cow, a snorkel mask through which grander truths are revealed... This book is perfect, just perfect. It's both lyrical and learned, personal and political, small and huge, quirky and profound. -- Mary Roach, New York Times bestselling author of Stiff Riveting. Surprising. Shocking, even! Why Fish Don't Exist begins with a mesmerizing account of the life of distinguished biologist David Starr Jordan--and then, quite unexpectedly, turns into so much more. Narrated in Lulu Miller's intimate, quirky voice, this is a story of science and struggle, of heartbreak and chaos. This book will capture your heart, seize your imagination, smash your preconceptions, and rock your world. -- Sy Montgomery, New York Times bestselling author of The Soul of an Octopus Riveting and rollicking... total magic. -- Garden & Gun Remarkable... Lulu Miller draws a heartening lesson -- that chaos, which comes for us all, can be defeated by sheer human stubbornness. -- Los Angeles Times Lulu Miller moves gracefully between reporting and meditation, big questions and small moments. This book is a magical hybrid of science, portraiture, and memoir -- and a delight to read. -- Susan Orlean, New York Times bestselling author of The Library Book I want to live at this book's address: the intersection of history and biology and wonder and failure and sheer human stubbornness. What a sumptuous, surprising, dark delight. -- Carmen Maria Machado, author of Her Body and Other Parties At one point, Miller dives into the ocean into a school of fish... comes up for air, and realizes she's in love. That's how I felt: Her book took me to strange depths I never imagined, and I was smitten. -- The New York Times Book Review This eye-opening nature read for fans of Mary Roach, Sy Montgomery, and Susan Orlean will literally have you seeing the world in a new way. -- Book Riot, Best Books of 2020 So Far A small marvel of a book. -- The National Book Review [Miller] makes the best of her training as a master storyteller and embraces her well-honed sense of the ridiculous. -- Provincetown Independent