Praise for DEEP BLUE HOME Washington Post:BEST OF NONFICTION 2010 A dream of a book, vivid yet languorous, rich in detail, richer still in emotional impact. Whitty unspools scores of vignettes of life in remote biological research camps and on film shoots throughout the world's oceans, and intersperses these with allegorical references to Hindu mythology and some of the finest scientific descriptions of sea life and ocean dynamics this former oceanographer has ever read. National Geographic Traveler Breathtakingly learned and lyrical, offers oceanic revelations, from the ancient lineage of leatherback turtles to the sexual secrets of barnacles to the single coursing current of the deep ocean river and its critical role in our collective fate. Los Angeles TimesWhitty writes with humor, reverence, true curiosity and an unfettered imagination. She is not afraid to be disoriented or in a state of permanent awe. Orion Magazine Ultimately, what holds the book together is Whitty’s sensibility and
sentence making, her continuous probing of ocean depths and the ways
biology, mythology, ecology, and history are so inexorably interwoven.
Praise for A TORTOISE FOR THE QUEEN OF TONGA The Washington Post A strikingly original book of short stories. Serious environmentalists are seldom noted for their sense of humor. Whitty is one who can provide it. The San Francisco Chronicle Whitty's prodigious natural talents: a supple biodiversity of language and an empathy for people and animals alike that puts most other writers in the shade. | BEST OF NONFICTION WASHINGTON POST READ AN EXCERPT IN THE PARIS REVIEW
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| Awards for DEEP BLUE HOME Best of Nonfiction Washington PostOrion Book Award Finalist Commonwealth Club's California Book Award Finalist Northern California Book Award Finalist Awards for THE FRAGILE EDGE John Burroughs Medal Award for Outstanding Natural History Pen USA Literary Award for Creative Nonfiction Kiriyama Prize for Nonfiction Northern California Book Award for Creative Nonfiction Dayton Literary Peace Prize finalist Awards for A TORTOISE FOR THE QUEEN OF TONGA O. Henry Award for Fiction Pen Hemingway Award Runner-up for Fiction Bernice Slote Award for Fiction Rona Jaffe Foundation Writer's Award Praise for THE FRAGILE EDGE The New York Times Loath to trade on Shark Week sensibilities, her rapture is more subtle, grand, intelligent and cosmological; and her primary devotion is to the coral reefs. Whitty's prose is supple and scientifically informed (a rare and graceful mix), her intimacies with the ocean's curiosities captivate. O, the Oprah Magazine The product of a scientist's mind, a sociologist's eye, a Zen Buddhist's soul, and a poet's heart, The Fragile Edge is at once a natural history, a call to action, a love song, and a prayer. Elle Magazine Armchair travelers are sure to swoon over Julia Whitty's transporting read about her experiences diving off the coasts of South Pacific islands with such impossibly romantic-sounding names as Rangiroa, Tuvalu, and Mo'orea. |
