The story unfolds during the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill disaster and the characters’ past and present impressions of their environment. The main character’s love and knowledge of her regional natural environment are impressive while her tragic family life is rather depressing.

As the story progresses the parallels are drawn between the contemporary environmental messes and her ancestors’ disturbing origins. There are her chaotic family relations on one side and on the other chaos unfolds in the natural world.

Overall, educational and shocking.

Armadillo – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
WEC 76/UW082: The Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) – University of Florida
Python – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Burmese pythons in Florida – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Starting Seeds Indoors | Organic Gardening Guru
How to Grow Potted Plants: 8 Steps (with Pictures) – wikiHow
Organic Compost | Organic Potting Soil | Horticultural Vermiculite
Easy Project: How to Build a Compost Pile – Organic Gardening

How to make compost – Making your own compost | YouTube

Sea Turtle Strandings in the Gulf of Mexico – Office of Protected Resources – NOAA Fisheries
Sea Turtle Species – The 7 Species of Sea Turtles – About.com
Oil Spill Impacts on Sea Turtles – National Wildlife Federation

Florida still in grip of 2010 BP oil spill | Bradenton Herald Editorials | Bradenton Herald
SXSW Film Review: ‘The Great Invisible’: The Deepwater Horizon oil spill has exacted a human toll – SXSW – The Austin Chronicle
Florida sues BP over oil spill environmental damage – The Tampa Tribune

FDEP Discovers Massive BP Oil Mat on Pristine Florida Beach | Legal Examiner New Orleans
The State of the Gulf’s Beaches: BP Oil Spill Weekly Pollution Summary, 3/02/14-3/09/14 | Legal Examiner New Orleans
Dolphins exposed to Deepwater Horizon oil spill had more health problems than others – The Washington Post
USF study: Diseased fish show dissolved oil from BP spill as far south as Sanibel | Tampa Bay Times

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Katarina Nolte ¦ 08/04/2014

“Apparently she was trapped in a six-pack ring at a young age, couldn’t get out of it, and her body continued to grow around it.”

Peanut: The Story Behind a Poor Turtle Deformed by a Six-Pack Ring | Inhabitat – Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building

Ten Reasons Why I Hate Cheap Plastic Crap, and Why You Should Too | The Green Hedonist | Greening the Good Life: Have Fun, Live Well, and Do Good

Peanut The Turtle | YouTube

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Katarina Nolte ¦ 12/19/2014

Food shopping without plastic waste | YouTube

“No disposable cups, no shrink-wrapped vegetables, no plastic bags in cardboard boxes, and no Tetrapaks.”

This Grocery Store In Berlin Will Have Zero Packaging | Co.Exist | ideas + impact

Zero Waste Home: Zero Waste Grocery Shopping
ZERO market – zero waste store coming to Denver | Indiegogo

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Easy Plants That Thrive Indoors | Fix.com
Katarina Nolte ¦ 05/15/2015

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