The Voyage of the Turtle is more than just a book about turtles. This book is also a voyage throughout the many seas the leatherback sea turtles inhabit. by journeying with the turtles, we get to know the people that try to protect them, their nesting sites, the many problems surrounding their conservation, how fisheries hurt the turtles and the seas with their practices. But, most of all, the Voyage is about getting to know one of nature’s oldest and mysterious creatures, creating an empathy bond with its life and destiny.

As with Beyond Words, by the same author, we are taken to the animal world and get to see it through different eyes, eyes not accustomed (or forgetful) to seeing life as life in nature is.

If you want to broaden your empathy circle to encompass more of nature, if you want to, at least for a bit, to break with a human-centered view of the world, this book won’t disappoint you.