People of the Whale
A Novel

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“Hogan, a poet, essayist, and quintessential econovelist, dramatizes the interconnectivity of cultural extinction, environmental destruction, and war as she parallels Ruth’s courageous defense of the living world with Thomas’ suffering and secret life in Vietnam. She also links the near genocide of aboriginal peoples with the near extinction of marine life. Deeply ecological, original, and spellbinding, Hogan ascends to an even higher plane in this hauntingly beautiful novel of the hidden dimensions of life, and all that is now imperiled.”

“Hogan employs just the right touch of spiritualism in this engrossing tale…[She] comes up with a powerful, romantic crescendo.”

“Stefan Rudnicki effectively uses his deep voice to render Thomas as a lost soul and his abandoned wife, Ruth, as the conscience of the tribe…Rudnicki’s timing is impeccable.”

“Hogan’s combination of mythic and realistic elements results in a spiritual listening experience, while Audie® Award–winning narrator Stefan Rudnicki’s perfectly paced and sonorous diction adds just the right weight. Recommended for public libraries with a demand for Hogan’s earlier works.”