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Trails in the Sand is Southern drama on the scale of Anne Rivers Siddons, where family secrets lie as deep as a mangrove swamp, skeletons molder in the woodwork, and the honeyed smiles of Southern belles mask seething resentment.

Everyone in the Carlisle/Stokely family hides secrets behind a veneer of Southern respectability. Hatred runs deep and across generational lines. Caroline, the protag, is a journalist who left her family determined to never return. She had been betrayed by her sister who married the love of Caroline's life, the hapless Simon. She tried alternative living, married twice, and traveled to far away places, but she could not escape the gravitational pull of her family, and Simon.

Late in life, Caroline grabs a chance at happiness by marrying Simon after her sister passes away. This unleashes a family feud and the estrangement of Simon's daughter [who is adopted and whose story emerges as yet another link in the chain of secrets]. While investigating the BP oil well disaster, Caroline comes across her mother's journals as well as those of her uncle Alex and her grandfather, the infamous Arthur Stokely.

Shock and awe doesn't begin to describe what she discovers--murder, incest, secret pregnancies with roots back to England. So how do Caroline, Simon, and the daughter heal from these revelations? They work together on the rescue of sea turtles. These activities melt the ice around their hearts and pave the way to a chance at reconciliation.

Forgiveness without judgment and condemnation is the key. While a lot of what happened is not understandable or even excusable, at the end, the survivors must put an end to bitterness and make a commitment to use love to heal their wounds.

The backdrop of the BP oil well blowout and the Massey mine accident serves to show how these events affected people and wildlife. The tragedy is the emphasis on coverup and denial by officials without concern for the lives affected.

None of the investigations mentioned the forty men whose lives were lost during these so-called blameless events. They also failed to mention the families left behind still struggling with their loss and the wildlife fighting for their lives in oil-filled waters.

Zick, P.C. (2012-12-12). Trails in the Sand (p. 365). In the Garden Publishing. Kindle Edition.

The final message is worth remembering and applying in our lives.

"Who knows what anyone's motives are?" Holly asked. "I've learned one thing during my life. We are unable to judge other people unless we've walked their very same path.

Zick, P.C. (2012-12-12). Trails in the Sand (p. 390). In the Garden Publishing. Kindle Edition.

I am very glad I read this book. It made me appreciate the efforts that went into the cleanup of the BP oilwell disaster and the dedication of volunteers to save little lives [those of the sea turtle hatchlings] as well as the people fighting for mine safety. Unfortunately, we as a society tend forget between news stories. But if it is personalized, like this novel has done, it is not as easily forgotten.


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Trails in the Sand P C Zick 9781481255790 Books Reviews

In 2010, while the world watch the oil slick from BP's Deep Horizon disaster seep toward the Florida coast, I watched the creek rise on May 1st, to flood my Nashville condo. While I was aware of the environmental disaster mesmerizing the media, I hadn't had time between mortgage company buckpassing, shifting regulatory standards, condo board fiscal failure, and skyrocketing repair estimates to follow details of the wildlife petrodisaster developing along the Gulf. So I was intrigued by the idea of that recent history interwoven with a half-century+ of family secrets. Trails in the Sand satisfied both my environmental and more prurient curiosity.

It's a bit long, and a few family secrets take a fortuitously timely path into the light, but on the whole, Trails in the Sand plods its steadfast progression like turtle tracks back to the birthing nestplace. Nonetheless, the evocative tensions of a family roiling in layers of turmoil and the ecosensitivity shining awareness on both coalmine and oil-drilling hazards far outweigh the tortuously tenuous timeline of barely buried revelations playing out into factual and psychological realities. A recommended 4½☆ read, even if you paid attention during the BP oil spill.
Trigger warnings for abuse.
3.5 stars Emotional
This stand-alone is easy to follow yet difficult to read due to mental and physical abuse. Negligible editing errors and violence. No drag-you-down drama but there is family
dysfunction.

Intriguing storyline with well researched, descriptive writing on the Massey mining and BP Horizon's disregard for safety and the subsequent disasters including loss of life and destruction of habitat.

The family drama and dysfunction was also well written. The reader may simultaneously cringe and suggest what people can do and where they can go. The abuse is an essential part of the story and characters. As a reader, I am more interested in the stories surrounding Massey, BP and the environment, especially saving the wildlife.

Believable characters with distinct personalities. Thought-provoking and informative dialogue.

No desire to re-read this story. I may be interested in works by this author that have less family dysfunction.
A big problem I have with the book is that the end, P.C. Zick is touted as an editor and gives her website where one can pay for her services. Well, no way does a competent editor make the errors that are in this book. A few are

"I laid down" .............."closer than Gary and me ever were"............"while I lay on the couch" (In this instance, it should be "while I LIE on the couch") and when I see this error, I always think, "What was he/she laying? Eggs?".............."I lay awake at night (again, in this context it should be "I lie awake at night")

Also "Caroline she bit into the cracker." Poor proofreading.

Okay, okay, I'm a "grammar Nazi," but it is inexcusable when a self-proclaimed editor makes these kinds of errors. It's an alert for anyone who considers paying her for editing/proofreading.
Trails in the Sand is Southern drama on the scale of Anne Rivers Siddons, where family secrets lie as deep as a mangrove swamp, skeletons molder in the woodwork, and the honeyed smiles of Southern belles mask seething resentment.

Everyone in the Carlisle/Stokely family hides secrets behind a veneer of Southern respectability. Hatred runs deep and across generational lines. Caroline, the protag, is a journalist who left her family determined to never return. She had been betrayed by her sister who married the love of Caroline's life, the hapless Simon. She tried alternative living, married twice, and traveled to far away places, but she could not escape the gravitational pull of her family, and Simon.

Late in life, Caroline grabs a chance at happiness by marrying Simon after her sister passes away. This unleashes a family feud and the estrangement of Simon's daughter [who is adopted and whose story emerges as yet another link in the chain of secrets]. While investigating the BP oil well disaster, Caroline comes across her mother's journals as well as those of her uncle Alex and her grandfather, the infamous Arthur Stokely.

Shock and awe doesn't begin to describe what she discovers--murder, incest, secret pregnancies with roots back to England. So how do Caroline, Simon, and the daughter heal from these revelations? They work together on the rescue of sea turtles. These activities melt the ice around their hearts and pave the way to a chance at reconciliation.

Forgiveness without judgment and condemnation is the key. While a lot of what happened is not understandable or even excusable, at the end, the survivors must put an end to bitterness and make a commitment to use love to heal their wounds.

The backdrop of the BP oil well blowout and the Massey mine accident serves to show how these events affected people and wildlife. The tragedy is the emphasis on coverup and denial by officials without concern for the lives affected.

None of the investigations mentioned the forty men whose lives were lost during these so-called blameless events. They also failed to mention the families left behind still struggling with their loss and the wildlife fighting for their lives in oil-filled waters.

Zick, P.C. (2012-12-12). Trails in the Sand (p. 365). In the Garden Publishing. Edition.

The final message is worth remembering and applying in our lives.

"Who knows what anyone's motives are?" Holly asked. "I've learned one thing during my life. We are unable to judge other people unless we've walked their very same path.

Zick, P.C. (2012-12-12). Trails in the Sand (p. 390). In the Garden Publishing. Edition.

I am very glad I read this book. It made me appreciate the efforts that went into the cleanup of the BP oilwell disaster and the dedication of volunteers to save little lives [those of the sea turtle hatchlings] as well as the people fighting for mine safety. Unfortunately, we as a society tend forget between news stories. But if it is personalized, like this novel has done, it is not as easily forgotten.