Nadia Tells of Turtle Love Summary

Nadia Diamondstein is the daughter of Allen Diamondstein and the granddaughter of Izzy Diamondstein. Her grandfather was the groom in the chapter titled, Noah Writes a B&B Letter. Nadia's father was supposed to have been the best man at his father's wedding, but he hurt his foot, and Noah acted as best man instead.

Nadia's father and mother divorced just before her grandfather's marriage. Nadia moved with her mother to upstate New York and spends part of her vacations with her father in Florida. Nadia's father is Jewish and her mother is Protestant. Nadia has a dog named Ginger that comes along on her trips to visit her father.

Nadia spends the first August after her parents' divorce with her father in Florida. She tells the reader that her father has always been nervous...