They say it takes a village to raise a child. I would say the same goes for publishing a book. I’m not good at asking for help, but I set that aside when it came to writing this novel. To all the people I reached out to who helped me out of the kindness of their hearts, I owe you my most heartfelt thanks: Sophia Ling, Christine Ling, Heather Applegate, Melanie Segur, Jen Page, Lisa Feder, and my dearest Elizabeth Packman. You’ve all played a part in making this book what it is and I thank you for that.
All the love in the world goes out to my biggest supporters: my family and my closest friends. You guys are my rock. And to my grandfather, who I unexpectedly lost while writing this book, I hope I’ve made you proud.
To my cover designer, Murphy Rae, I am beyond grateful I found you. I am madly in love with this cover and can’t wait to see what magic you whip up for the next books.
To my editors, Amanda Hughes at Haint Blue Publishing and Madeleine Collinge at Madeleine Collinge Publishing Services: the thought, detail, and attention you put into my manuscript blew me away. From the bottom of my heart, I thank you.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
The following materials were useful to me in writing this book:
Beeson, Chris. The Handbook of Survival at Sea. Lewis Intl Inc., 2003.
Flannery, Tim. The Weather Makers: The History and Future Impact of Climate Change. The Text Publishing Company, 2008.
Flannery, Tim. Here on Earth: A New Beginning. Allen Lane/Penguin Press, 2010.
Goodenough, Ursula. The Sacred Depths of Nature. Oxford University Press, 1998.
Harari, Yuval Noah. Sapiens: A Brief History of Mankind. Harper Perennial; Reprint edition, 2018.
Johnson, Elizabeth A. Ask the Beasts: Darwin and the God of Love. Bloomsbury Continuum, 2014.
Lovelock, James. The Revenge of Gaia: Earth’s Climate Crisis and the Fate of Humanity. Basic Books, 2007.
Mancuso, Stefano, and Alessandra Viola. Brilliant Green: The Surprising History and Science of Plant Intelligence. Island Press, 2018.
Maslin, Mark. The Coming Storm: The True Causes of Freak Weather – and Why It’s Going to Get Worse. Barron’s Educational Series, 2002.
Pollan, Michael. The Botany of Desire: A Plant’s-eye View of the World. Random House, 2001.
Shubin, Neil. Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-year History of the Human Body. Pantheon, 2008.
Shubin, Neil. The Universe Within: A Scientific Adventure. Penguin Books, 2013.
Weisman, Alan. The World Without Us. Picador/Thomas Dunne Books, 2008.
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There is a wealth of information on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. I gleaned most of my information from this source. With 195 members and thousands of contributors, the information given by this Nobel Peace Prize-winning organization should be a mandatory read by anyone wanting to educate themselves on the state of our planet. Please see ipcc.ch for more information.
About the Author
Jillian Webster is the author of Scared to Life: A Memoir and has also written for Access Magazine. Originally from Michigan, Jillian now lives in New Zealand with her husband and dog, a rescue collie-mix named Biggie. When she’s not writing, she enjoys nature walks, yoga, and cooking.
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The Weight of a Thousand Oceans is her first work of fiction and is the first book in The Forgotten Ones trilogy.
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