I grew up in this area so I thought it would be interesting to read about this disaster. My dad and his brothers were miners but were all employed by Bunker Hill in 1972. I was a six year old who, of course, didn't pay any attention to this when it happened.
Years later, when I attended Kellogg Jr. High, I became friends with a classmate who had lost her dad due to this catastrophe. The book does mention her family several times and it was a little emotional for me to read that.
Overall, I did appreciate this accounting of the disaster.
What a wonderful read about loss and discovery! Of course, you have to suspend belief a little to entertain an octopus and a human being able to communicate on some level. Marcellas is, however, an incredibly bright octopus who is very in tune with Tova and has thoughts like “But I do not like the hole in her heart. She only has one, not three, like me. Tova's heart. I will do everything I can to help her fill it.” . . . and he does. Highly recommend! 5 Stars for me ;-)
I'm a complete sucker for the Memoir genre and this one did not disappoint. And the afterward by the author's wife left me a crying mess. I'm not usually big on audiobooks (I guess my mind usually just wanders too much when I try a book in this form), but I highly recommend the audio version of this one!