The Quickening: Creation and Community at the Ends of the Earth

by Elizabeth Rush

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"An astonishing, vital book about Antarctica, climate change, and motherhood from the author of Rising, finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction"--

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Rush joins a research crew that is saling to Antarctica to carry out research. She is a journalist. Her description of the voyage and the dangers and her fellow passengers are fascinating. She also considers the climate change she sees in Antarctica and how it could impact the child she is hoping to have. (

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Pregnancy compared to a trip to Antarctica. (

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