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| Title | : | The Girl of the Sea of Cortez |
| Author | : | Peter Benchley |
| Book Format | : | Ebook |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 233 pages |
| Published | : | Books With 'Girl' in the Title 1,604 books — 199 voters r/fantasy's Official Underrated and Underread Fantasy 563 books — 965 voters |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Young Adult. Adventure. Animals. Classics |
Peter Benchley
Ebook | Pages: 233 pages Rating: 4.04 | 963 Users | 107 Reviews
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On an island in the Gulf of California, an intrepid young woman named Paloma carries a special legacy from her father—a deep understanding of the sea and a sixth sense about the need to protect it.Every day, Paloma paddles her tiny boat into the ocean and anchors over a seamount—a submerged volcanic peak sixty feet underwater that is clustered with spectacular sea animals and a wondrous web of marine life.
It is there that an astonishing event takes place, when on one of her dives Paloma is shadowed by a manta ray—an animal so large it blocks the sun. She develops an extraordinary relationship with this luminous, gentle creature, but instinctively knows its existence is a secret she must fiercely protect.
Benchley’s novel paints a poignant picture of humanity’s precarious relationship with the ocean, which unfolds alongside a heartrending story of familial bonds, often revealing that the ignorance of man is far more dangerous than the sea. Full of beauty, danger, and adventure, The Girl of the Sea of Cortez is triumphant—a novel to fall in love with.
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| Original Title: | The Girl of the Sea of Cortez |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Setting: | Gulf of California(Mexico) |
Rating About Books The Girl of the Sea of Cortez
Ratings: 4.04 From 963 Users | 107 ReviewsPiece About Books The Girl of the Sea of Cortez
My only other connection with Benchley was his more famous offering JAWS - both book and movie. The theme from the movie still makes my heart rate move toward the red zone!This book is a far more relaxing pursuit - easy to digest - no deadly antagonist - from a time and place of more innocence than can be found in the world these days. Its the story of a young girl and her relationship with the sea, her deceased father and - get this - a GIANT Manta Ray! Go ahead - - snicker if you want to.ButI really want to bump this up to 4.5, because it was pretty close to perfect. What Peter Benchley did to demonize the ocean and its inhabitants in Jaws and Beast, he equally romanticizes it in The Girl of the Sea of Cortez. This is Benchley's love letter to the sea.Short and simple, Benchley tells the tale of Paloma, who tries to live by the morals and lifestyle set by her free-spirited (and now deceased) father, while trying to stand her ground against her pigheaded and vengeful younger
This book was clearly written by the author as a beautiful love letter to the sea. I don't think I'll ever be able to properly articulate how much I adore this story, so all I'll say is if you're considering whether or not to give it a try please do!
I loved this book, if you only know Peter Benchley from Jaws, you will be entirely surprised at a very different kind of book that I can only call magical. The thing that made this so much more amazing is that it is based on something Benchley actually experienced but I don't want to say more. The other thing that struck me about this book is that though it was written in 1982, Benchley knew what humans were doing to the ocean, it feels like it was written much more recently. The last thing I
Recently I saw an old clip of the author on TV Shark Week. It's the first time I checked to see what books he wrote. This one is not a shark book although it takes place in the Gulf of California, the Sea of Cortez. The action takes the reader along with it. I remember reading "Jaws" at the kitchen table and glancing at the door, knowing the ocean was 200 miles away.Happy with this book and plan to try more of his works.
Another one of those little-known, unsung, lyrical books which separate thugs who read for the sensational, the predictable, mainstream thrills ...from human beings who read with their full senses and full sensitivity.One colossal idiot in this book's review history was silly enough to posit that Peter Benchley was 'coasting on his family rep' when he wrote this. Are you kidding me? Peter Benchley ...coasting? Harvard grad, Washington Post reporter; speechwriter for Lyndon Johnson? Author and
I am so not a fan of Shark week or the movie Jaws, although I remember reading the book, I must have still been in middle- maybe high school. It was a long time ago ,don't remember the details. When I found this book on an exploratory, what shall I read next excursion through my Nook library I almost passed it by. That would have been a mistake! ( yep-- there are books in my Nook / Kindle apps that I can't remember even aquiring) Sometimes while I was reading this story I would be pulled back to
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