Far off the coast of California looms a harsh rock known as the Island of San Nicholas.
It is a romantic adventure filled with drama and heartache, for not only was mere subsistence on so desolate a spot a near miracle, but.
Here, in the early 1800s, according to history, an Indian girl spent eighteen years alone, and this beautifully written novel is her story.
Dolphins flash in the Blue waters around it, sea otter play in the vast kep beds, and sea elephants loll on the stony beaches.
Far off the coast of California looms a harsh rock known as the Island of San Nicholas