About this title: One dark morning while the 17-year-old author was training for a long-distance swim, she became aware that something was swimming with her--a baby gray whale that had become separated from its mother. This is the magical, mysterious tale of how Cox miraculously reunited mother and baby.
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Binding: PAPERBACK
Publisher: Harvest Books
Date Published: 2008-02-04
ISBN-13:9780156034678ISBN:0156034670
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Binding: PAPERBACK
Publisher: Harvest Books
Date Published: 2008-02-04
ISBN-13:9780156034678ISBN:0156034670
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Thorndike Press
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780786292578ISBN:0786292571
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Harvest Books
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780156034678ISBN:0156034670
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"Grayson is a beautiful book. We had the audio edition and the story was skillfully narrated by the author, Lynne Cox. Ms. Cox tells the true story of her encounter with a lost baby whale when she was 17 and the efforts that followed in reuniting him with his mother. Cox's descriptive passages paint visual pictures of the beauty and wonder she encountered during her swim. The story is tender, yet dramatic and many of her emotions pertain to life in general. You cannot help but be inspired when you hear her story. A real gem of a book!"
"This true story has the impact of a fable, yet is actually a memoir which recounts the author's experience of reuniting a baby gray whale with its mother. Cox, a famed long distance swimmer, encountered the young whale, "Grayson," while training in the chill, dark waters off the California coast when she was in high school. Her story has much to say about about a lone person's ability to do something good and important, even while (excuse the pun) swimming against the tide of the degraded natural environment."
""Seventy-five percent of our planet is water, can you swim?" ~Author Unknown
Grayson is a true story of a long-distance swimmer (Lynne Cox) who while training off the California coast encounters a baby whale who has lost its mother. She is afraid that if she returns to the shore the whale will follow, so she sets out to try to help it find its mother.
It sounded like an interesting story, but to me it just didn't feel like there was enough content to merit a 148-page book (she spent a couple pages writing about what food she was craving). The editor needed to cut some of the "blubber"(ok that was bad). It would have made a better children's book full of color pictures of the ocean creatures she sees during her adventure. I think she should still consider it (if she hasn't already).
The writing wasn't the best but overall the book was still interesting. I was really amazed with how long she was able to swim. She was out there with that whale for hours. It was interesting enough for me to want to read her other book, "Swimming to Antartica" that is about all of her long-distance swimming accomplishments: swimming the English Channel at 15, and being the first to swim the Bering Sea from Alaska to what was then the Soviet Union (just to name a few).
As Jane Goodall said, "Grayson is a powerful voice for conservation." Who doesn't love a good fish tale? And this one's true to boot."
"This is an extraordinary -- magical, delightful, and sometimes harrowing... yet all true -- tale! I yearned with Lynne for Grayson's mother to be found for his sake, though I knew it would also mean the end of our incredible adventure. What a great gift of the universe to be given such a role in the life of one of the earth's great creatures in its most amazing theaters, the ocean. Few, if any, people could (or would) have "played" the lead in this drama other than Lynne Cox, the legendary open water swimmer. She has given us all a great gift in the telling of this whale's tale that appeals to people of all ages. Brava, brava! Well-played and well-told.
It has been my privilege and joy to make many animal friends and acquaintances, some even wild, throughout my lifetime, but nothing to compares to this miraculous encounter. I envy Lynne for this experience, and stand in awe of her. Much in the same way that her many channel swims have formed bridges between countries, her selfless and courageous act in regard to one lost baby whale bridged a gap between animal and human kind. Both Swimming to Antarctica and Grayson are chronicles of a peacemaker, and I put them on par with the work of Greg Mortenson's work in Central Asia, as chronicled in the book Three Cups of Tea."
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