TY - BOOK AU - Raymond,Midge TI - Floreana SN - 9781662524370 PY - 0000///December 012024/// CY - New York PB - Little A KW - Strauch, Dore KW - Scientists KW - Fiction KW - Animal welfare KW - Wildlife conservation KW - Loss (Psychology) KW - Love KW - Missing persons KW - Santa María Island (Galapagos Islands) KW - Galapagos Islands KW - Novels KW - lcgft KW - Historical fiction KW - Biographical fiction N1 - new book 2025 winter N2 - "After ten years away to build a family, Mallory returns to Floreana Island in the Galápagos, and to Gavin, the mentor with whom she had a long-ago affair. Their project is to build nests to revive the vulnerable penguin population. But Mallory doesn’t dare tell Gavin why she’s really come back. Then she discovers old journals hidden in a lava cave—confessions of another woman who needed to disappear. In 1929, Dore Strauch left the life she knew to create a new one with the man she loved. On remote Floreana they’re beholden to no one but each other. Until the arrival of strangers, settlers in their paradise. Suddenly, Dore realizes that it’s no longer the refuge she imagined. And that amid the island’s fragile beauty, people can do the most terrible things."-- Provided by publisher ER -