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\ud83c\udfc6 2020 BIBA\u00ae Non-Fiction: Travel Memoir\/Scuba Diving Winner! –<\/p>\n

With its protected nearshore reef system, gem-clear seas, and sweeping conservation efforts, Bonaire has earned the title it boasts on its license plates: Diver\u2019s Paradise. For Andrew Jalbert, who first visited in the early 1990s, there was a draw to the island that was hard to shake. He returned regularly over the next twenty-five years in a variety of capacities: as a scuba instructor, a sun-starved vacationer, and a writer\/photographer. What he hadn\u2019t expected at 43 years old, however, was to return as a father.<\/p>\n

Back on Bonaire is the story of stitching together two very different lives: one of airports, scuba tanks, article assignments and underwater cameras; the other of car seats, kindergarten, skinned knees and the boundless curiosity of a child.<\/p>\n

Jalbert merges both worlds in an enjoyable, funny and at times touching account of introducing his son to his beloved Bonaire. Along the way the reader gets a look at the island\u2019s cultural and natural history, some of its people and the importance of preserving the ecology of Bonaire \u2013 for his son and future generations.<\/p>\n

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Author Andrew Jalbert<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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