As a child Great-aunt Alice Rumphius resolved that when she grew up she would go to faraway places, live by the sea in her old age, and do something to make the world more beautiful--and she does all those things, the last being the most difficult of all. Great-Aunt Alicia Runfio wants to do just what her grandfather did, travel the world and live by the sea, but she also must perform a very special task after she completes her journey