Super Short Summary

In Jessica Grant's debut novel, Come, Thou Tortoise (2009), Audrey Flowers, affectionately known as “Oddly,” must leave her carefully curated life in Portland, Oregon, along with her anthropomorphized pet tortoise, Winnifred, to return home to Newfoundland when her father falls into a coma due to a bizarre accident, involving herself and Winnifred in a life-changing mystery and a journey of self-discovery punctuated with quirky humor and poignant observations on family, love, identity, and the concept of home. The book includes discussion of coma, hospitalization, and loss.