Hooked On Books: Is a River Alive? with 100 Miles

In person, with 100 Miles in Savannah! 

Ogeechee Riverkeeper and 100 Miles are joining up to offer an in-person option for the book club meeting about Is A River Alive? by Robert Macfarlane. On October 1, 6:30 p.m., 100 Miles will host the book club meeting for both ORK and OHM book club members at their Savannah office at 1702 Bull Street. Free and open to the public.

Is a River Alive? by Robert Macfarlane
(Nonfiction)

Description: Hailed in the New York Times as “a naturalist who can unfurl a sentence with the breathless ease of a master angler,” Robert Macfarlane brings his glittering style to a profound work of travel writing, reportage, and natural history. Is a River Alive? is a joyful, mind-expanding exploration of an ancient, urgent idea: that rivers are living beings who should be recognized as such in imagination and law.

Macfarlane takes readers on three unforgettable journeys teeming with extraordinary people, stories, and places: to the miraculous cloud-forests and mountain streams of Ecuador, to the wounded creeks and lagoons of India, and to the spectacular wild rivers of Canada―imperiled respectively by mining, pollution, and dams. Braiding these journeys is the life story of the fragile chalk stream a mile from Macfarlane’s house, a stream who flows through his own years and days.

Publisher:‎ W. W. Norton & Company
Publication date:‎ May 20, 2025
Print length:‎ 384 pages
ISBN-10:‎ 0393242137

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About Hooked on Books

Each month, ORK members read a book and then meet (virtually) to discuss it. With guided questions and occasional special guests, participants will find new titles, consider themes, and be inspired by writing.

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You do NOT have to join each month. Simply read the books and attend the sessions that are of interest, though we hope you will expand your reading horizons by trying new books.