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 - 14h 28m.
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 - 14h 28m. Author - Eiren Caffall. Narrator - Eiren Caffall. Published Date - Monday, 29 January 2024. Copyright - © 2024 Eiren Caffall ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
Duration:00:12:04
Dedication
Duration:00:05:40
Quote
Duration:00:45:19
Monhegan Island, 2014
Duration:00:27:22
Longfin Inshore Squid
Duration:30:15:48
Book One: Long Island Sound, 1980
Duration:00:18:28
Longneck Clam
Duration:41:56:42
Long-Armed Hermit Crab
Duration:32:10:48
Atlantic Slipper Shell
Duration:30:27:29
Blood Ark
Duration:30:41:59
Jingle Shell
Duration:40:27:29
Sea of Starts, 1994
Duration:00:27:16
Dinoflagellate Microalgae
Duration:27:10:49
Book Two: Gulf of Maine, 2014
Duration:00:21:29
Northern Rock Barnacle
Duration:34:34:54
Copepod
Duration:15:42:55
American Lobster
Duration:31:47:42
Brook Trout
Duration:40:13:43
Common Periwinkle
Duration:29:16:11
Comb Jellyfish
Duration:31:14:56
Great White Shark
Duration:12:30:34
Eastern Oyster
Duration:26:19:45
North Atlantic Right Whale
Duration:34:17:31
American Horseshoe Crab
Duration:31:46:19
Monhegan Island, 2021
Duration:00:15:51
Humpback Whale
Duration:36:02:33
Thank You
Duration:04:17:01
A Note on the Text
Duration:01:16:02
About the Author
Duration:00:32:09
Closing Credits
Duration:00:31:53