Reflections of an Island Girl Book
Reflections of an Island Girl Book
What's it like to be and Island Girl? Fifth-generation Islander Christie Ontko (Duffy) shares her thoughts and dreams, her pet peeves and admiration for the island she has called home for more than 40 years. A former teacher and columnist for the island's newspaper, The Put-in-Bay Gazette, Christie is the owner and developer of Your Only Earth (FKA OntkOrganix,) a line of products inspired by one of her great-grandmother's healing remedies.
Through Christie's insights, the reader gains an appreciation for this little Lake Erie island (officially South Bass Island, but commonly known as Put-in-Bay) in a way usually understood only by locals. Some poignant, some humorous, and even getting deep from time to time, each chapter reveals a snippet of her life growing upon this remote piece of land.
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