Bustins Island lies just a mile or two offshore from the hustle and bustle of the tourist mecca of Freeport, yet most people know little, if anything, about it. With more than 100 homes and its own ferry service, Bustins has no electricity, no businesses and almost no vehicles. Ben, a longtime Bustins summer resident, takes readers from the island s beginnings as a farming community to its transformation into a summer colony while adapting to a changing world. Ben Carr, a longtime Bustins summer resident, takes readers from the island s beginnings as a farming community and a stop for fishermen through its days as a year-round community to its transformation into a summer colony with its struggles to remain a summer oasis while adapting to a changing world. And, he explains what the island means to him and why he considers it, above all, home.