BookBrowse Reviews Move Like Water by Hannah Stowe

As a child growing up on the Pembrokeshire Coast in Wales, Hannah Stowe always loved the sea, learning to swim at the same time she learned to walk and falling asleep to the rhythm of a nearby lighthouse's beacon as it swept across her bedroom. In her teens and twenties, she sailed aboard research vessels studying whales while earning her marine biology degree from Plymouth University. Her debut book, Move Like Water, chronicles her remarkable life journey and her unwavering passion for the ocean and the creatures that rely on it.

I find it hard to classify this extraordinary book. Much of it falls squarely into memoir, as the author narrates her life's story. Her experiences on the open ocean are absorbing, and her ability to conquer the hurdles in her way is inspiring, making this one of the more interesting memoirs I've encountered. Much of it, though, reads like an essay on marine ...