As the clipping. song that inspired it says, this book is so so deep. It’s about one person’s pain and that of her entire community. It’s about learning to manage her pain and when and how to fight back, and it’s about the possibility of finding happiness. It’s about climate change and the human impact and violence against the ocean and the creatures who live there. 
It hit especially hard reading it during a time when libraries are under attack and across the country so many people are trying to keep future generations ignorant to our real, painful history.
I know I’m late to picking this one up, but I absolutely recommend it, now more than ever.