The Mourner’s Bestiary
Eiren Caffall
A critically-acclaimed literary memoir braiding together environmental research and the personal journey of generational healing, grief, and chronic illness.
Author Eiren Caffall is the inheritor of a family legacy of two hundred years of genetic kidney disease and the mother of a child who may inherit that legacy.
A literary memoir on loss, chronic illness, and generational healing, Caffall’s The Mourner’s Bestiary is also a meditation on grief and survival told through the stories of animals in two collapsing marine ecosystems—the Gulf of Maine and the Long Island Sound—and the lives of a family facing a life-threatening illness on their shores.
The Gulf of Maine is the world’s fastest-warming marine ecosystem, and the Long Island Sound has been the site of conservation battles that predict the fights ahead for the Gulf.
"Beguiling, idiosyncratic [...] Caffall writes with plangent intensity about our responsibility toward the planet, and her eye for the wonder and beauty of ocean life pierces the illusion of disconnected existence." ? Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant judges citation
"Eiren Caffall has produced some of the most powerful writing on the ecological crisis I have read anywhere. Caffall is a gifted writer, and this book is strong medicine." ? Naomi Klein, author, social activist, and filmmaker
Duration - 9h 26m.
Author - Eiren Caffall.
Narrator - Eiren Caffall.
Published Date - Monday, 29 January 2024.
Copyright - © 2024 Eiren Caffall ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
A critically-acclaimed literary memoir braiding together environmental research and the personal journey of generational healing, grief, and chronic illness. Author Eiren Caffall is the inheritor of a family legacy of two hundred years of genetic kidney disease and the mother of a child who may inherit that legacy. A literary memoir on loss, chronic illness, and generational healing, Caffall’s The Mourner’s Bestiary is also a meditation on grief and survival told through the stories of animals in two collapsing marine ecosystems—the Gulf of Maine and the Long Island Sound—and the lives of a family facing a life-threatening illness on their shores. The Gulf of Maine is the world’s fastest-warming marine ecosystem, and the Long Island Sound has been the site of conservation battles that predict the fights ahead for the Gulf. "Beguiling, idiosyncratic [...] Caffall writes with plangent intensity about our responsibility toward the planet, and her eye for the wonder and beauty of ocean life pierces the illusion of disconnected existence." ? Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant judges citation "Eiren Caffall has produced some of the most powerful writing on the ecological crisis I have read anywhere. Caffall is a gifted writer, and this book is strong medicine." ? Naomi Klein, author, social activist, and filmmaker Duration - 9h 26m. Author - Eiren Caffall. Narrator - Eiren Caffall. Published Date - Monday, 29 January 2024. Copyright - © 2024 Eiren Caffall ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
Duration:00:00:12
Dedication
Duration:00:00:05
Quote
Duration:00:00:45
Monhegan Island, 2014
Duration:00:00:27
Longfin Inshore Squid
Duration:00:30:15
Book One: Long Island Sound, 1980
Duration:00:00:18
Longneck Clam
Duration:00:41:56
Long-Armed Hermit Crab
Duration:00:32:10
Atlantic Slipper Shell
Duration:00:30:27
Blood Ark
Duration:00:30:41
Jingle Shell
Duration:00:40:27
Sea of Starts, 1994
Duration:00:00:27
Dinoflagellate Microalgae
Duration:00:27:10
Book Two: Gulf of Maine, 2014
Duration:00:00:21
Northern Rock Barnacle
Duration:00:34:34
Copepod
Duration:00:15:42
American Lobster
Duration:00:31:47
Brook Trout
Duration:00:40:13
Common Periwinkle
Duration:00:29:16
Comb Jellyfish
Duration:00:31:14
Great White Shark
Duration:00:12:30
Eastern Oyster
Duration:00:26:19
North Atlantic Right Whale
Duration:00:34:17
American Horseshoe Crab
Duration:00:31:46
Monhegan Island, 2021
Duration:00:00:15
Humpback Whale
Duration:00:36:02
Thank You
Duration:00:04:17
A Note on the Text
Duration:00:01:16
About the Author
Duration:00:00:32
Closing Credits
Duration:00:00:31