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"""The Imperiled Ocean will appeal to both seafaring types and broader audiences looking for personal stories about universal human experiences."" -- ""Physics Today"" ""'The ocean is a multitude, ' Ms. Trethewey writes...Indeed, for reasons of money, migrants die, cruise ships steer around the law, and plastic is made, sold and discarded much faster than it can be collected and disposed of. We're enriching ourselves--some of us--into the sort of madness where our id boils up and consumes us."" -- ""Wall Street Journal"" ""Three million US citizens work on the ocean ― in fishing, oil and gas, tourism and other industries and services. The global figure is three billion. Journalist Laura Trethewey set out in 2015 on 'an extended listening tour' to hear some of their stories... The vivid result―her debut―persuades us that 'the ocean's story is also our own.'"" -- "" Nature magazine"""

Three million US citizens work on the ocean in fishing, oil and gas, tourism and other industries and services. The global figure is three billion. Journalist Laura Trethewey set out in 2015 on 'an extended listening tour' to hear some of their stories... The vivid result her debut persuades us that 'the ocean's story is also our own.' -- Nature magazine 'The ocean is a multitude, ' Ms. Trethewey writes...Indeed, for reasons of money, migrants die, cruise ships steer around the law, and plastic is made, sold and discarded much faster than it can be collected and disposed of. We're enriching ourselves--some of us--into the sort of madness where our id boils up and consumes us. -- Wall Street Journal The Imperiled Ocean will appeal to both seafaring types and broader audiences looking for personal stories about universal human experiences. -- Physics Today

The Imperiled Ocean will appeal to both seafaring types and broader audiences looking for personal stories about universal human experiences. -- Physics Today 'The ocean is a multitude, ' Ms. Trethewey writes...Indeed, for reasons of money, migrants die, cruise ships steer around the law, and plastic is made, sold and discarded much faster than it can be collected and disposed of. We're enriching ourselves--some of us--into the sort of madness where our id boils up and consumes us. -- Wall Street Journal Three million US citizens work on the ocean in fishing, oil and gas, tourism and other industries and services. The global figure is three billion. Journalist Laura Trethewey set out in 2015 on 'an extended listening tour' to hear some of their stories... The vivid result her debut persuades us that 'the ocean's story is also our own.' -- Nature magazine

The Imperiled Ocean will appeal to both seafaring types and broader audiences looking for personal stories about universal human experiences. -- Physics Today Three million US citizens work on the ocean in fishing, oil and gas, tourism and other industries and services. The global figure is three billion. Journalist Laura Trethewey set out in 2015 on 'an extended listening tour' to hear some of their stories... The vivid result her debut persuades us that 'the ocean's story is also our own.' -- Nature magazine 'The ocean is a multitude, ' Ms. Trethewey writes...Indeed, for reasons of money, migrants die, cruise ships steer around the law, and plastic is made, sold and discarded much faster than it can be collected and disposed of. We're enriching ourselves--some of us--into the sort of madness where our id boils up and consumes us. -- Wall Street Journal

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Laura Trethewey is an ocean journalist and the senior writer and editor at Ocean.org, a multimedia storytelling site run by the Vancouver Aquarium. She has been published in Smithsonian Magazine, Courier International, The Walrus, the Globe and Mail, Hakai Magazine, and Canadian Geographic. She lives in Vancouver, and this is her first book. Erica Sullivan is a professional actress of both stage and screen and holds her MFA from the Yale School of Drama. Currently a company member of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, she has performed in New York and regionally with such companies as the Lincoln Center, Soho Repertory Theatre, and New Dramatists. She makes her home in Ashland, Oregon, with her family.

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