Stella moves from her wheatbelt family home to a run-down house in Cottesloe on Western Australia's coast. Her daughter, Miff, has died in a motorbike accident; Stella's husband can't bear to look at
"[A 100 year-old orca whale named Granny leads a clan of orcas near the Pacific Northwest in hunting, teaching young whales, and establishing a friendship with humans. Back matter expands on orca life