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1. What happens when Emma wants to photograph the crab skeleton in the Prologue?

Emma saw a crab skeleton on a beach in Northumberland. As Emma reaches for her camera, her vision dims. She feels light-headed, and she has to hunch over until it passes. She takes the photos and the dizziness returns. Pain gathers in her back and ribs.

2. Why was Emma late for her wedding?

Emma was 40 minutes late for the wedding ceremony when she married Leo. She stopped to photograph the tidal strandlines at Restronguet Creek in her wedding dress.

3. What is Emma's occupation?

Emma is an intertidal ecologist. That means she studies the places and creatures that are submerged at high tide and exposed at low. Her main research interest is crabs, but most crustaceans are a part of her studies.

4. Where do Emma, Leo and Ruby live?

Emma, Leo, and Ruby live in a house Emma inherited from her grandmother. The house is part of a tiny Georgian terrace in a lane off the top of Heath Street, where Hampstead Village meets the Heath. The house is falling apart and very cramped. They could probably make a fortune if they sold it, but the house means too much to Emma to get rid of it.

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