RaveChristian Science MonitorAn absorbing portrait ... It’s heartbreaking at times, too, but overall the book reads like a love letter to her community. There are beautiful possibilities to be found in Afghanistan, if one simply engages the right perspective.
Laura Trethewey
RaveChristian Science MonitorAn enlightening and often surprising read ... Above all, the author illustrates that while gaining information is a solid goal in and of itself, it’s what humans choose to do with that information that matters most. It’s an intelligent distinction to make, delivered with a refreshing degree of levelheaded curiosity rather than anger or fear.
Tom Mustill
PositiveThe Christian Science Monitor... a travelogue, a history lesson, a critique of the scientific community when it comes to animal studies, and a high-tech conservation game plan all wrapped into one book. Most of all it’s a captivating, thought-provoking read, leaving its audience with a greater sense of the complexity and inherent value of these sovereigns of the deep.
Daphne Palmer Geanacopoulos
RaveChristian Science MonitorA striking, thoroughly researched depiction of just how much persistence and inventiveness it took for a woman in Colonial America to retain security and dignity over the course of her life ... In order to immerse the reader in the high-stakes drama and the spirit of the time period, the author includes a transcript of Kidd’s original written statement. It’s just one of the many ways this work of narrative nonfiction comes to life in startling detail.
