Far Ocean

Winner of the 2025 Big Moose Prize, Far Ocean tells the story of 18th-century botanist and explorer Jeanne Baret, the first woman to circumnavigate the globe. Born into poverty in rural France, Jeanne struggles to get by, helping her mother in her work as a traditional herbalist and healer. Following a chance meeting with botanist Phillibert de Commerson, Jeanne becomes first Commerson’ s teacher then his mistress. She goes to live with him Paris, where he attempts to make his way in the ex...