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The Whale’s Last Song is a touching, tender fable, a parable what we must sacrifice for those we love; a rumination on the tragic mistakes in every life – and the steadfastness that is required to overcome those mistakes – and a love song to the natural world. It is The Alchemist meets The Princess Bride meets The Little Prince. It is a little gem.
The Whale's Last Song
Once upon a time, a young girl ventured into a dark forest, looking for a cure for her much-loved elder sister…A touching, tender and lyrical fable about love, sacrifice and atoning for our mistakes.
As a terrible pandemic rages through the small medieval hamlet of Villingraz, a young girl, Estie, accompanied by her goat Isabel, sets off into the forest, in search of a cure for her sister who is infected with the pox. Her father Merdocai has surrendered himself to the evil Marquis to be experimented upon for the Greater Good; and with her mother long-dead, all Estie has to keep her going is the love of her sister, her father and her friend Rainer, a stuttering poet.
As Estie ventures deeper into the forest, she encounters creatures and teachers who hold the answers to all the questions she has about who she is, and where she has come from. Meanwhile, out in the depths of the ocean, a whale is returning to the place he was born, to exhale his last breath. While Estie does not know this, he too holds secrets that belong to Estie’s story.
The Whale’s Last Song is a touching, tender fable, a parable what we must sacrifice for those we love; a rumination on the tragic mistakes in every life – and the steadfastness that is required to overcome those mistakes – and a love song to the natural world. It is The Alchemist meets The Princess Bride meets The Little Prince. It is a little gem.
‘An exquisite story threaded through with heart and compassion, underpinned by immense wisdom, insight and hope… a bright ode to all that is good and beautiful in the world. The Whale’s Last Song is a timeless tale, an allegory of the heart – Maggie Hamilton, When We Become Strangers
About the Author:
Joanne Fedler is an internationally bestselling author, writing mentor and women’s rights activist. Her books have sold over 750,000 copies worldwide. She is an open-water ocean swimmer with a special love of whales, Port Jackson sharks and turtles. The Whale’s Last Song is her fifteenth book. She was born and raised in South Africa, now she lives in Sydney, Australia.
