An utterly gripping, immersive story of one family's unravelling traumas and hopes. It will capture and hold you in its depths.
Ambergris p. 179 is a solid, waxy material produced in the sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) and also in the pygmy sperm whale (Kogia breviceps)
"Between what is said and not meant, and what is meant and not said, most of love is lost." ~ Kahlil Gibran"
“The single biggest problem in Communication is the illusion that it has taken place”. ~ George Bernard Shaw
Dreck p. 258 merchandise that is shoddy or inferior
Every time I hear this song, I think of Dad xoxo
"Frankenstein comes to mind...ambition, revenge, loss, a body's impermance..." p. 27
Gyres pronounced gyre/ˈjī(ə)r/ : a spiral or vortex. p. 20
"Her mother's parental jujitsue left Steph dumbfounded." p. 36
If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance." ~ George Bernard Shaw
Jonah, the recalcitrant prophet. Jonah and the Whale... in the belly of the beast for three days." p. 137
"Ken, a tightly wound aspiring politician concealing great depths of childhood trauma"
source New words like this one "littoral" relating to or situated on the shore of the sea or a lake drift ten thousand years earlier p. 24
One moment, you're studying the white-pink sand below; the next, you're over a blue-black abyss and staring into darkness.” p. 9 Adam, a brilliant Oceanographer, comparing his mind and moods to the Ocean.
Pelagic : of or relating to the open seas or oceans. living or growing at or near the surface of the ocean, far from land, as certain organisms.
Prescient: /ˈpreSH(ē)ənt/ adjective: having or showing knowledge of events before they take place.
Quote seen at Peak Coffee is so inline with the book I was readng at the time: “Connection is why we're here; it is what gives purpose and meaning to our lives. The power that connection holds in our lives was confirmed when the main concern about connection emerged as the fear of disconnection; the fear that something we have done or failed to do, something about who we are or where we come from, has made us unlovable and unworthy of connection.” ~ Brené Brown, Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
“Reid is not going to believe how messed up things were in 2016.” p. 297
Strombus gigas p. 178 I was given one of these for my 30th birthday nearly 33 years ago
Twombly p. 23 energetic use of lines, color
"Utterly gripping, immersive story of one family's unravelling traumas and hopes. It will capture and hold you in its depths." ~ Christy Lefteri
Vogue Best Book of 2023..., and the memoir “Wild Game,” which was a Best Book of the Year by Amazon, NPR, People, and the Washington Post. Both "Little Monster" and "Wild Game" are in development as films. She founded the literary magazine, “Zoetrope: All-Story” with filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola
“Whenever I paint the truth, no matter how strange, people see themselves in it.” p. 19
"eXquisite sensation of déjà vu, feeling a comradeship with other great discoverers..." p. 4
"Yes and no. Knowing the truth has made some things make more sense." ~ Steph p. 302
Zoetrope p. 224 a pre-film animation device that produces the illusion of motion, by displaying a sequence of drawings or photographs showing progressive phases of that motion. A zoetrope is a cylindrical variant of the phénakisticope, an apparatus suggested after the stroboscopic discs were introduced in 1833.
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