Back To ListAquariumsByJ.D. KurtnessTranslated byPablo StraussPublished March 2022Paperback$ 21.99Paperback$ 21.99PDF$ 21.99ePub$ 9.99 Add to CartShop LocalDescriptionAn intimate yet wide-sweeping story of a marine biologist working to save ocean ecosystems from climate change.With the world’s oceans ravaged by climate change, Émeraude, a young marine biologist, works to preserve aquatic ecosystems by recreating them for zoos. When her work earns her a spot aboard a research vessel with an extended mission in the Arctic, it is the inescapable draw of the ocean that will save her when the world she leaves behind is irrevocably changed.Stories of Émeraude’s ancestors — a young sailor abandoned at birth, a conjuror who mixes potions for her neighbours, a violent young man who hides in the woods to escape an even more violent war, and a talented young singer born to a mother who cannot speak — weave their way through her intimate reflections on a modest life, unknowingly shaped by those who came before.A RARE MACHINES BOOKOf Related InterestOf VengeanceJ.D. KurtnessReviews Aquariums is a luminous, encouraging, touching novel ... its brevity makes it possible to read it in one go, then return to it as the mood strikes.SolarisAquariums is a luminous, touching and comforting book, written with great clarity. In other words, a healing read. It can be read in a single sitting, and picked up again when one’s soul needs soothing.SolarisPreviousNextContributorsJ.D. KurtnessJ.D. Kurtness left her native North to study microbes in Montreal, but eventually branched out into writing. She won an Indigenous Voices Award for her first novel, De vengeance (Of Vengeance).View Author Page Pablo StraussPablo Strauss has translated many works of Quebec fiction into English. He grew up in Victoria, B.C., and has lived in Quebec City for fifteen years.View Author Page Book DetailsPaperbackMarch 20225x7 in176 pp9781459747760PDFMarch 2022-176 pp9781459747777ePubMarch 2022-176 pp9781459747784