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Overview
Sea turtles stumbling toward an oil spill. A mystery threatening a family. A reporter struggling to save them all.
When environmental writer Caroline Carlisle sets off to report on endangered sea turtles during the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010, she also uncovers long-kept secrets that threaten to destroy her family. The situation is complicated further by Caroline's love for her late sister's husband, Simon. An uproar ensues as Caroline's southern family embarks on a collision with its past and future. At the same time, the oil from Deepwater Horizon continues to spew forth into the Gulf of Mexico, creating an urgency to save Florida's wildlife. It's in this atmosphere that Caroline discovers the truth about her family and writes noteworthy articles about wildlife rescues.
If you enjoy books that combine fiction with real world events, you'll enjoy how the timeline and facts from Deepwater Horizon's oil spill serve as the backdrop for Trails in the Sand.
Buy this book for a compelling read filled with drama and secrets and romance.
When environmental writer Caroline Carlisle sets off to report on endangered sea turtles during the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010, she also uncovers long-kept secrets that threaten to destroy her family. The situation is complicated further by Caroline's love for her late sister's husband, Simon. An uproar ensues as Caroline's southern family embarks on a collision with its past and future. At the same time, the oil from Deepwater Horizon continues to spew forth into the Gulf of Mexico, creating an urgency to save Florida's wildlife. It's in this atmosphere that Caroline discovers the truth about her family and writes noteworthy articles about wildlife rescues.
If you enjoy books that combine fiction with real world events, you'll enjoy how the timeline and facts from Deepwater Horizon's oil spill serve as the backdrop for Trails in the Sand.
Buy this book for a compelling read filled with drama and secrets and romance.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781481255790 |
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Publisher: | CreateSpace Publishing |
Publication date: | 01/10/2013 |
Series: | Florida Fiction Series , #2 |
Pages: | 412 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.92(d) |
About the Author
P.C. Zick's career as a writer began in 1998 with the publication of her first column in a local paper. By day, she was a high school English teacher, but at night and on vacations, she began writing novels and working as a freelance journalist. By 2001, she left teaching and began pursuing a full-time gig as a writer. She describes herself as a "storyteller" no matter the genre.
Currently, she writes two blogs. Trails in the Sand is her fifth novel
Her blog and her novels contain the elements most dear to her heart, ranging from love to the environment. She believes in living lightly upon this earth with love, laughter, and passion.
She resides in Pennsylvania with her husband Robert.
Currently, she writes two blogs. Trails in the Sand is her fifth novel
Her blog and her novels contain the elements most dear to her heart, ranging from love to the environment. She believes in living lightly upon this earth with love, laughter, and passion.
She resides in Pennsylvania with her husband Robert.
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