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Friends, Family, Turtle Fiends,
Most of you have probably heard sometime within the last couple months that I’ve been working on a book. I’ve joked about it a lot—my “opus,” my “turtle book”—but the truth is that putting this thing together has truly been one of the most demanding, stressful, insomnia-inducing, 24/7 kinds of crazy I’ve ever experienced. But also surprisingly rewarding. My life since December has been an absolute blur.
I call it a “turtle book,” and it is about sea turtles, but over the span of the project the subject transformed, and I like to think of the final product as more a creative study of passion and human habit/obsession. Most of the first 2 chapters outline the different turtle species, their threats, diets (blah, blah, blah), but the rest is about this group of volunteers—“The Turtle Patrol”—and the unbridled, completely unrequited love they have for the animals they protect. To most of these activists, it isn’t about the work or “environmentalism” in the traditional sense of the word. It’s about their “love” of the turtles, an almost spiritual bond they’ve formed with the beach. It’s about picking something, and calling it theirs.
I tried to add some humor; there’s tons of pictures, interviews; and at the end of the day, I think I was able to take a topic that didn’t at all seem to be “me” and meet it somewhere in the middle.
Releases April 10th. CLICK HERE to read the full back cover “pitch” and get in on the Friends & Fam 30% Off /FREE SHIPPING promo.
Now, as promised, the GQ-inspired “serious business-casual” back cover pic. And the About the Authors pic, too. You know, for laughs.
p.s. If you read and like the book, a rate or write-up on Amazon would be huge (if your last name isn’t Cavaliere). It will raise its search relevancy. Thanks! TRACKS ON AMAZON.
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