An affecting memoir of personal grief blended with interesting scientific detail and acute, defamiliarized observations of nature, particularly having to do with but not limited to glaciers. All of it told in M Jackson’s quirky, funny, intelligent voice. Jackson has a unique way of seeing the world, and the reader is immeasurably enriched by borrowing her eyes and ears for a time. Because, make no mistake: this woman can write.

In sum, this is a memoir to keep you company, a book to reread and refer to when you need reassurance and companionship in difficult times. Let’s stick together, is the overall message. We’ll either get through this unified, with a new kind of mentality that involves a more thoughtful collaboration with the other species with whom we share this planet, or we won’t get through it at all.

This is an excellent and captivating memoir that links the author's experience of loss alongside her research and love for glaciers. It is heavier on the memoir/personal dimension of the story then it is on the science, but I think that's ok and also what makes the book so readable and accessible. Thoroughly enjoyed this one and finished it in just a few days.