Doreen Cunningham

Author

Doreen Cunningham is a British-American author and journalist whose memoir Soundings is a powerful, intimate account of her journey along the migration route of grey whales with her young son, from Mexico to Alaska. The book interweaves Cunningham's personal story of recovery from addiction and homelessness with the annual migration of... the whales, creating a narrative that is both a nature book and a memoir of motherhood, healing and the search for connection. Cunningham is an Inupiaq woman and former BBC journalist whose Indigenous heritage gives her a particular perspective on the relationship between humans and the natural world. Soundings was longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize and has been praised for its honesty, its beautiful prose and its ability to braid together personal narrative, natural history and Indigenous knowledge. Cunningham's writing is courageous and deeply felt, creating a book that refuses to separate the human and natural worlds. The audiobook edition brings her lyrical, emotionally powerful memoir to listeners who appreciate nature writing, memoir and stories about the healing power of the natural world. Read more Show less