SUSAN CASEY, author of New York Times bestsellers The Wave and The Devil's Teeth: A True Story of Obsession and Survival Among America's Great White Sharks, is the former editor in chief of O, The Oprah Magazine. She is a National Magazine Award-winning journalist whose work has been featured in the Best American Science and Nature Writing, Best American Sports Writing, and Best American Magazine Writing anthologies; and has appeared in Esquire, Sports Illustrated, Fortune, Outside, and National Geographic. Casey lives in Maui.
“Part science, part memoir, part impassioned plea for change,
[Voices in the Ocean] fascinates.” ―People
“Painstakingly researched and gorgeously written.... Casey
transports us through the many truths and myths about dolphins.”
—USA Today
“Casey skillfully weaves global adventure travelogues, first-person
reportage and deep archival research. She exhibits a flair for
peppering her tales with complex scientific concepts but keeps them
accessible for consumption by a broader audience without losing the
narrative arc or momentum.” —The Miami Herald
“A meticulously reported global odyssey.... [Casey] has an
inexhaustible curiosity and a knack for fully embracing her
subject.” —Outside Magazine
“A reminder of the unique and complicated bond humans feel with
these animals.... Casey's moving writing left me with some hope for
a better future for dolphins and humans.”
—Mary Bates, Slate
“What starts out as a feel-good, new-agey account darkens like the
sunlight diminishing in the deep, subtly turning into a devastating
chronicle of one of the most egregious mismatches in natural-human
history. The result is a brilliantly written and passionate
book.... timely and urgent.”
—The Guardian (London)
“A passionate and richly readable account of dolphins—their world,
their behaviors, and the humans whose lives revolve around studying
them.... Fascinating and cautiously joyous . . . a book any lover
of nature should read.”
—Open Letters Monthly
“[A] blend of mystic wonder with scientific awe and downright
dangerous environmental confrontations.”
—InStyle
“[Casey] embarks an investigation into the world of dolphins,
impressing the reader with her curiosity and thrilling sense of
discovery as she travels the world to learn about these unique
creatures.”
—Publishers Weekly
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