My Oceans: Essays of Water, Whales, and Women Classics_Gift_Guide C arrives in Harlem excited

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My Oceans: Essays of Water, Whales, and Women Classics_Gift_Guide C arrives in Harlem excitedAn urgent exploration of caring and mothering on a planet in crisis In a swell of sea linked essays, Christina Rivera explores the kinship between marine animals, humans, and Earths blue womb. Riveras investigative questions begin with the toxic burden of her body and spiral outto a grieving orca, a hunted manta ray, a pregnant sea turtle, a spawning salmon, an endling porpoise, and the mother culture of sperm whalesas she redefines what it means to