The Fragile Edge: Diving and Other Adventures in the South Pacific (Paperback)
Inspiring for both armchair and expert divers, The Fragile Edge reveals how science can extend our understanding of unfathomable waters, opening our eyes to the threats facing coral reefs and explaining why these fragile oases are vital to human survival. In this passionate, spiritual narrative of her adventures in the big blue, Julia Whitty emerges as one of our finest writers on the mystery, beauty, and fragility of the undersea world.
JULIA WHITTY's first book on oceans, The Fragile Edge, was awarded the John Burroughs Medal Award, the PEN USA Award, and the Kiriyama Prize. Her cover articles have appeared in Harper's Magazine and Mother Jones, where she is an environmental correspondent. She blogs at the Blue Marble and Deep Blue Home.
'The Fragile Edge' is at once a natural history, a call to action, a love song, and a prayer.
O, The Oprah Magazine
For those of us who can't visit the South Pacific … writer and producer Whitty gives us the next best thing.
Library Journal
This is a moving and illuminating love story about one woman and the fathomless deep.
Elle
"This important book makes clear the absolute urgency of saving the coral reefs of the world." – actor/activist Ted Danson
“Whitty is emerging as one of the must-read voices about the wet three-quarters of the planet." -- Bill McKibben
"Whitty's prose is supple and scientifically informed (a rare and graceful mix) ... her intimacies with the ocean's curiosities captivate." The New York Times
"Extraordinarily absorbing." - Santa Rosa Press Democrat —