I have such mixed emotions after reading "Lovie's story!" I loved learning about the Loggerhead Turtle Project! How exciting to witness the miraculous journey of the Mother Loggerhead as well as the babies back to the sea! They have to overcome such adversity and dangers just to survive. It is my sincerest hope that the Loggerhead Turtle Project is still functioning and that many lives are saved as a result. I wish we had Loggerheads on the West Coast. I, too, am a beach girl, having grown up on California 's Central Coast . Many days during my youth were spent running the beaches with my sisters. Such glorious, carefree days! It is, again, quite obvious that Ms. Monroe does her homework! The research that went into writing BEACH HOUSE MEMORIES is immense! I truly enjoy a book written by an author who has become an expert on the subject by research and actual hands-on experience. There is great joy eveident throughout the telling of the tale of the Loggerheads, although, in many ways, the book is actually quite sad. I feel good for Lovie overall, as she took a stand against Stratton and that he abided her wishes when reconciling their marriage. I can relate to her in that we, as women, most often have to give up a part of who we really are when we become someone's wife, someone's Mother, someone's daughter, someone's something or other...our true selves get placed on the back burner for many years and we are often not even aware that this has happened until something or someone, like Russell Bennett, comes along and there is a new dawning within us. I loved this story and already have plans to pass it on to my twin sister who, like me, is a Loggerhead lover! She can't wait to read it.