Hours after her mother weds for the third time, Clare is sent to a remote New England island to stay with the father she hasn’t seen since she was three. Clare is understandably reluctant to spend time with the man she believes abandoned her. She gradually learns that her father believes he did what was best for her; by removing himself from her life, he spared her from dealing with the fact that he is gay. I found it odd that Clare barely twitched when she found out about her father and that she so easily forgave him and was not angry that her mother was so eager to keep them apart. While Clare seems to immediately accept her father’s orientation, she does nothing to stand up for him in this or in his determination to save the local sea turtle population. The book is sweet, but the end wraps up a little too neatly.