{"title":"Jessica Gaitan Johannesson","description":"\u003cp\u003eWelcome to the collection of works by \u003cem\u003eJessica Gaitan Johannesson\u003c\/em\u003e, an emerging voice in contemporary literature known for her insightful exploration of the natural world. Her writing offers a fresh perspective that bridges scientific inquiry with poetic expression, making science and nature inviting for avid readers and novices alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAmongst her captivating works, \u003cem\u003eThe Nerves and Their Endings\u003c\/em\u003e stands out. This thought-provoking book delves into the intricate connections between our physical sensations and the environment around us. Johannesson challenges readers to reconsider their relationship with the world through her unique lens of empathy and awareness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhether you're expanding your knowledge in \u003cstrong\u003eScience \u0026amp; Nature\u003c\/strong\u003e or seeking a new narrative to inspire your everyday encounters with the environment, Jessica Gaitan Johannesson’s books are an enlightening choice. Experience the harmonious blend of science, nature, and literature right here in her collection.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-nerves-and-their-endings-by-jessica-gaitan-johannesson-9781922310606","title":"The Nerves and Their Endings","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe body as a measuring tool for planetary harm. A nervous system under increasing stress.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this urgent collection that moves from the personal to the political and back again, writer, activist, and migrant Jessica Gaitan Johannesson explores how we respond to crises. She draws parallels between an eating disorder and environmental neurosis, examines the perils of an activist movement built on non-parenthood, dissects the privilege of how we talk about hope, and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe synapses that spark between these essays connect essential narratives of response and responsibility, community and choice, belonging and bodies. They carry vital signals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Nerves and Their Endings\u003c\/em\u003e is a beautifully written, original collection of essays that explores identity, place, home, and hope. These essays ask how we might not only live in a time of climate collapse but how we might work towards a better future also—one of community, shared understanding, and tenderness, even in the face of such terrible inequality, cruelty, loss, and disaster. This is a book that's truly necessary for our moment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e—Rebecca Tamas, author of Strangers\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Nerves and Their Endings\u003c\/em\u003e is a deft, clear-eyed, and deeply felt essay collection that not only articulates the immense loss, complicity, and powerlessness felt in the capitalist West against the rising waters, but also the hope that enlivens good political writing always—the hope that when we look and think and move together—implicated, entangled—we grow the nerve to align in action. Jessica Gaitan Johannesson is a humane, original, and extremely talented writer, and this collection is a true pleasure to read and think with.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e—Ellena Savage, author of Blueberries\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJessica Gaitan Johannesson \"stays with the trouble\" of climate, environmental, and social injustice with a searching honesty. Tangled, raw, and sparking with intelligence, \u003cem\u003eThe Nerves and Their Endings\u003c\/em\u003e shows how the personal and the political, the human body and the earth's body, are knotted together. As living, feeling, thinking beings our nervous system connects with the world's systems. When the world is sick, we are too. Gaitan Johannesson challenges the tunnel vision of fear-based responses to the multiplying crises of our times, while alert to the unevenness of the suffering caused, the cushioning afforded by privilege, and the responsibility to act that this implies. She asks the hard questions and tackles them with integrity and an open heart. There are no trite answers offered here, rather, an honest exploration of what \"hope\" might look and feel like in these times, and why we need it in order \"not to feel responsible but to ably respond\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e—Samantha Clark, author of The Clearing\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46342784909548,"sku":"9781922310606","price":27.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/11517183482872.jpg?v=1743942469"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/jessica-gaitan-johannesson.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}