How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures

How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures by Sabrina Imbler is a memoir of growing up queer and mixed race in the US.

Using fascinating sea creatures Imbler teaches us about life in the oceans, lakes and rivers while equating their behavior to times in their life. 

Beginning with the amazing ability of the goldfish to survive inhospitable waters from a dirty bowl to wild lakes and rivers; including the selflessness of an octopus guarding and awaiting the hatching of her eggs; to a swarm equated to the flood of queer New Yorkers during pride, Imbler has written a unique yet universal story of growing up.

This is beautiful memoir. Read it.

Imbler, Sabrina. (2022). How Far the Light Reaches. New York: Little, Brown, and Company.