"There is nothing quite so wonderful as slipping into a creek and letting it carry you upstream. . . . It is doubly wonderful to discover someone who describes this experience with such love, lyricism, and scientific curiosity." —William Sargent, author of The House on Ipswich Marsh"In clear, spare prose and fine-tuned observation, [Hanlon] takes you on a journey you won't soon forget." —Tim Traver, author of Sippewissett: Or, Life on a Salt MarshThe Great Marsh is the largest continuous stretch of salt marsh in New England, extending from Cape Ann to New Hampshire. Patricia Hanlon and her husband built their home and raised their children alongside it. But it is not until the children are grown that they begin to swim the tidal estuary daily. Immersing herself, she experiences, with all her senses in all seasons, the vigor of a place where the two ecosystems of fresh and salt water mix, merge, and create new life.In...