“Sigman unites her ‘science brain’ with her naturalist’s heart and an insatiable curiosity to bring us a beautifully written account of human and ecological connections. Part memoir, part natural history, part quest into understanding the nature of change. Entangled will delight not just readers intrigued with Alaska’s resource and cultural history but all those concerned with what it means to know and honor a home place.”
— Nancy Lord, former Alaska Writer Laureate, author of Fishcamp and Beluga Days
“Like creatures in an ephemeral tide pool, our lives are shaped by forces both within and beyond our control. In Entangled, Sigman shows us that life is messy, shift happens, and riding the waves of change is best done with a steady kayak, muck boots, and an inner compass.”
— Amy Gulick, author of Salmon in the Trees: Life in Alaska’s Tongass Rain Forest
“This memoir is steeped in fast-moving, wondrously descriptive stories centered on the biology and archeology of the Kachemak Bay region of Alaska within the context of her personal and family history. Whether it be the investigation of the sea otter and the ‘bidarki’s’ role in shaping shoreline ecology, or the chain of environmental fallout precipitated by a recent ocean warming event, or her telling of the spiritual and environmental story of the Kachemak people and their sudden mysterious disappearance; she constructs a far-reaching picture of sometimes sudden historic and current environmental change. She has crafted a must read for both local and visitor.”
— Craig Matkin, director of the North Gulf Oceanographic Society
“Entangled is a profound meditation on how the inhabitants of Kachemak Bay—human and nonhuman alike—have reckoned with the ebb and surge of cultural and ecological changes through time. With the curiosity of a biologist, the doggedness of a detective, and the eloquence of a poet, Sigman beautifully deciphers a landscape marked by abundance and scarcity, stability and disruption, loss and resilience, memory and story. The fascinating result is a scientific whodunit, a natural and cultural history, a deep map, an elegy, and, above all, a love letter.”
— Sherry Simpson, author of Dominion of Bears