{"product_id":"2940159599292","title":"The Dolphin Who Saved Me: How An Extraordinary Friendship Helped Me Overcome Trauma and Find Hope","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"An inspiring book about love in its purest form.\"-JANE GOODALL, DBE, Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute \u0026amp; UN Messenger of Peace\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Melody Horrill arrived at university she was a troubled and lost young woman, hiding behind a carefully crafted exterior. She had experienced a childhood of emotional and physical trauma mainly at the hands of her violent father that was as damaging as it was brutal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne day Melody volunteered to help her lecturer monitor pods of river dolphins nearby. There for the first time she encountered Jock, a solitary dolphin with a maimed fin, who lived apart from the highly social pods. Melody was to form a bond with Jock that gave her the key to freeing herself from the demons of her own past, and their extraordinary friendship was the start of a long-term mission to try to save the river dolphins.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeautifully written and filled with insight and compassion, Melody's memoir details her life-changing friendship with the river dolphins, and how Jock helped her to heal.","brand":"Tantor Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46364462055665,"sku":"2940159599292","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/2940159599292_p0.jpg?v=1764914027","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940159599292","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}