A Year with the Seals

This eye-opening book shows that seals - dubbed ‘the clowns of the sea’ - are extraordinarily clever… Alix Morris, an American nature writer and a fully paid-up seal enthusiast, is a lively guide to the world of these charismatic animals. – Constance Craig Smith * Daily Mail *
Alix Morris’s compelling book explores seals’ fraught relationship with culture, the economy and our imaginations – Edward Posnett * Guardian *
Such narratives give a tantalising glimpse of nature’s capacity to heal, if only we would let it … But the book really hits its stride, and broadens its message, when it begins to tackle the complexities of conservation… A Year with the Seals is a useful, all too rare account by a writer who has made the time to listen. – Adam Weymouth * The Times *
Splendid, warm, and exhaustively researched… Morris shares poignant and revelatory stories. Some are tragic. Some are frustrating. Some are funny. Some are sweet. Just listen. All these stories contain truth. – Sy Montgomery, New York Times-bestselling author of The Soul of an Octopus
full of colorful characters both human and aquatic…Once you start reading this intriguing book, you might have a hard time putting it down. – Leigh Ann Henion, New York Times-bestselling author of Phenomenal and Night Magic

Alix Morris is a science writer in midcoast Maine. Her work has appeared in the Boston Globe Magazine, Smithsonian, Sierra Magazine, MIT Technology Review, Down East Magazine, and elsewhere, and she has graduate degrees in science writing from MIT and global health from Johns Hopkins. Her first book, A Year with the Seals, is supported by a grant from the Sloan Foundation.

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