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This is a poignant story. Tangier Island is a unique island located in Virginia, United States, and Chesapeake is a small city located on the island. The living conditions there are harsh, but there are still 470 islanders who survive tenaciously in this small town and live an almost isolated life. However, due to rising sea levels, Tangier Island is disappearing and being swallowed up by the sea day by day: from 1850 to 2017, the island area has shrunk by 2\u002F3. The waves washed away the cemeteries of the islanders' ancestors, making these devout islanders very worried. At that time, experts believed that in about 25 years, Tangier Island would be completely submerged and the islanders would have to abandon their homes. From 2016 to 2017, the author of this book, Earl Swift, lived on Tangier Island, fishing for crabs and oysters with these people who live by the water. He records the island's ancient traditions, depicts its past, and looks into its empty future. The Chesapeake is about to disappear from the world - its fate is irreversible.