Life on Shearwater
This daily necessity is strictly rationed on Shearwater, shaping routines and reinforcing the island’s precariousness.
fresh water
Fen can often be seen swimming with this creature, and they even follow the ship as the Salt family departs the island
What are seals?
Rowan discovers many of Hank’s belonging in the shed, but this item in particular does makes her suspicious that her husband returned to the mainland
What is a passport?
“I washed up on the beach. My body was brought here by the sea and lived. Yours will too.”
Who is Rowan?
Who was Orly's mentor?
Hank Jones
Life on Shearwater is defined by this constant tension between isolation and responsibility to something beyond the island.
What is the duty to protect the seed bank/ecosystem?
Two of this type of bird are endearingly named Ari and Nikau by the Salt children
What is an albatross?
Rowan and Dom unburied the body of this person, who Rowan mistakenly believes is her husband
Who is Alex?
“I’m gonna take the job on Shearwater. I’ve been saying no because I needed to be here if we were going to have kids, but you’re never going to give me those, are you?”
plant whose seeds are able to travel over a hundred kilometers
Where do Fen and Dominic live?
What is the lighthouse?
Rowan is surprised to find this absent from the island, especially considering where she used to live before
What are trees?
After Fen burns the majority of her mother’s belongings, Rowan discovers this in the ashes which she gives to Dom
What is a book (Jane Eyre)?
“[The whales have] changed their routes a bit in the last few years. I’ve noticed they come in closer than they use to.”
Tree with seeds that migrate down the Gulf and is important to wetlands
What is a mangrove?
What is the restored table?
This type of whale almost crushes Raff and Rowan and is described by Alex as having empathy, even towards humans
What is humpback whale?
To her surprise, Rowan discovers that Hank has been alive on the island the entire time, and she finds him here
Where is the airshaft/air vent (in the seed vault)?
“You’ve gotta let [Claire] go. I can’t watch you like this anymore”
Who is Fen?
What is endangering the tree that was thought to be extinct
Shearwater is based off of this island near Southern Australia
What is Macquarie Island?
what is a pitcher plant?
Rowan hope to find traces of blood used what chemical
What is luminol?
“Could there be an after for the five of us?”
Dominic
Orly describes this plant as representing rebirth as it will drop its seeds in the extremely high temperatures of a wildfire
What is the banksia plant?