You couldn\\\'t make this up if you tried. A woman with no college degree becomes one of the country\\\'s experts on sea turtles while living on the remote Cumberland Island off the coast of Georgia. Remarkably she seems to attract men like flies to honey and has a rich, if not bizarre personal life, divorcing twice, shooting one lover all while serving up roadkill. Well written, the book contains a great deal of controversy over the meaning of what is a national wilderness and how does man impact the endangered species of our planet.

I understand that the author has an interest in introducing lesbian relationships into historical fiction, but this contrivance left me cold. She based this story on a real love triangle, murder mystery that occurred in England in the 1920\\\'s. The characters were hard to identify with, not because of their sexual orientation but because they were unlikable. The book is far too lengthy at 576 pages. She could have told the story in much less space. Our club agreed that we would not be reading any more Sarah Waters books.