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About The Book 

THE LAST WHALER is a haunting meditation on the will to survive under extreme conditions. Tor, a beluga whaler, and his wife, Astrid, a botanist specializing in Arctic flora, are stranded during the dark season of 1937-38 at his remote whaling station when they misjudge ice conditions and fail to rendezvous with the ship meant to carry them back to their home in southern Norway. Beyond enduring the Arctic winter’s twenty-four-hour night, the couple must cope with the dangers of polar bears, violent storms, and bitter cold as well as Astrid’s unexpected pregnancy. THE LAST WHALER concerns the impact of humans on pristine environments, the isolation of mental illness, the sustenance of religious faith, and the solace of storytelling.

About The Author

A writer and poet for almost thirty years, Cynthia Reeves was honored with Miami University Press’s novella prize, and residencies at Hawthornden Castle, Vermont Studio Center, Galleri Svalbard, and the 2017 Arctic Circle Summer Solstice Expedition. She is the author of Badlands (2007) and Falling Through the New World (2024), and her work has appeared in numerous literary journals. She earned an MFA in Creative Writing from Warren Wilson College. 

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The Last Whaler Book Blurbs 

Cynthia Reeves’s The Last Whaler is an accomplished and magnificent novel. Meticulously researched and fully imagined, it is the story of a couple’s sojourn at an Arctic whaling station in the late nineteen thirties. Told in two distinct and vibrant voices through letters that dramatize daily threats and accomplishments, it is a gripping tale about a marriage under extreme stress as a man and woman, already grieving for a lost child, separately find their peace in inhospitable conditions. -Megan Staffel, author of The Causative Factor, The Exit Coach, and Lessons in Another

Language The Last Whaler reimagines the tropes of Victorian and Romantic novels through a uniquely feminist environmentalist lens, rendering a classic story as timely, contemporary fiction… The Last Whaler is a raw, beautiful novel you will not soon forget.” Tanya Whiton, author of Two for the Road 

Cynthia Reeves’s writing is riveting, evoking the shadowy boundary between physical and spiritual realms… As suspenseful as it is profound, Reeves’s novel finds harmony in a perilous landscape that seeks balance between life and death, wonder and danger, joy and sorrow.-Elizabeth Mosier, author of Excavating Memory: Archaeology and Home 

The Last Whaler is gale-force with narrative and unforgettable images… The prose is an over-lap of ancient tales and modern insights, a meditation on the fleeting beauty of earthly love and existence, and an inquiry into how we best live with ourselves and other creatures. -Helen Klein Ross, author of The Latecomers, What Was Mine, and Making It

Review for The Last Whaler

This historical fiction is set in 1937 with some time travel for events. From a different perspective, we learn about World War II and its catastrophic results. The author does a fabulous job of taking the reader on a journey of Norway and the Arctic. New bucket list item! I fell in love with the characters and had a love/hate relationship with the emotions I felt throughout the story. A devastating event changes the course of this family’s life. You won’t forget this story anytime soon. 

Triggers include: mental health, postpartum depression, suicide, and animal cruelty.

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