{"product_id":"a-drop-in-the-ocean-9780473567194","title":"A Drop in the Ocean","description":"\u003cp\u003eGOLD: NAUTILUS BOOK AWARD, FICTION, LARGE PUBLISHER (2016)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGOLD: SARTON WOMEN'S BOOK AWARD, CONTEMPORARY FICTION (2016)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e GOLD: INDEPENDENT PUBLISHER BOOK AWARDS (IPPYS), BEST FICTION, AUSTRALIA\/NEW ZEALAND (2016)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSILVER: READERS' FAVORITE INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARD, WOMEN'S FICTION \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn her 49th birthday, Anna Fergusson, Boston neuroscientist and dedicated introvert, arrives at an unwanted crossroads when the funding for her research lab is cut. With her confidence shattered and her future uncertain, on impulse she rents a cabin for a year on Australia's Great Barrier Reef. However Turtle Island, alive with sea birds and nesting Green turtles, is not the retreat she expected. Here she finds love-for the eccentric islanders who become her family; for Tom, the laid-back turtle whisperer; and for the turtles whose ancient mothering instincts move her to tears. But Anna finds that even on her idyllic drop in the ocean there is pain, and as the months fly past her dream for a new life is threatened by a darkness that challenges everything she has come to believe about the power of love. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvocative and thought-provoking, A Drop in the Ocean is a story about second chances and hard lessons learned in the gentlest of ways.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOgden, Jenni:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Jenni Ogden and her husband live off-grid on spectacular Great Barrier Island, 100 kms off the coast of New Zealand, a perfect place to write and for grandchildren to spend their holidays. Winters are spent near a beach in Far North Tropical Queensland. \u003ci\u003eA Drop in the Ocean\u003c\/i\u003e, her debut novel, first published in 2016, won multiple awards and has sold over 80,000 copies. Her second novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Moon is Missing\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 2020. Jenni, who holds a PhD in Clinical Neuropsychology and was awarded the Distinguished Career Award by the International Neuropsychological Society in 2015, is well-known for her books featuring her patients' moving stories: \u003ci\u003eFractured Minds: A Case-Study Approach to Clinical Neuropsychology\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTrouble In Mind: Stories from a Neuropsychologist's Casebook\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Sea Dragon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50670329659666,"sku":"9780473567194","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f8175c6c-82be-4534-9308-16413e2a3713.jpg?v=1733776712","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-drop-in-the-ocean-9780473567194","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}