{"product_id":"a-dolphin-called-jock-by-melody-horrill-9781761067358","title":"A Dolphin Called Jock","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An extraordinary, unique and brutally honest book about the healing power of nature and love in its purest form.' - Dr Jane Goodall, DBE, Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute \u0026amp; UN Messenger of Peace\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Melody Horrill arrived as a student at the University of South Australia, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOne day, Melody volunteered to help her university lecturer monitor pods of river dolphins that lived in the waters of Port Adelaide. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBeautifully written and filled with insight and compassion, Melody's memoir details her life-changing relationship with the river dolphins, and how Jock helped her to heal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'In this unputdownable account of the healing power of nature and the discovery of trust, an orphaned river dolphin gives a young woman a new life and a profound purpose - to help save the beautiful, sentient creatures that saved her.' - Brad Collis, author of \u003ci\u003eSnowy\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFields of Discovery\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46797557203180,"sku":"9781761067358","price":46.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/28060523482814.jpg?v=1757154095","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/a-dolphin-called-jock-by-melody-horrill-9781761067358","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}