Praise for Back on Bonaire
"Part autobiography, part guide to Bonaire, and part insight into fatherhood, Jalbert expertly weaves together historical facts, family anecdotes, underwater exploration, and a good dose of humor. The book isn’t just for divers, or fathers, or travelers. It’s for people who enjoy learning about the experiences of others, and seeing the world through their eyes. "
–DIVER magazine
“Not only is Back on Bonaire: Rediscovering Diver’s Paradise as a Father a gem of frank, confessional – and often hilarious – revelations, it’s a tour guide for Bonaire, topside and underwater, with added history, profiles of local notables and a healthy dose of environmental awareness spawned by sheer love of the island, its people, its waters and its creatures. More importantly, it’s a book we can relate to. It’s a story about real love: for family, shared experiences and special places.”
–Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine Journal
“I absolutely love Jalbert’s writing. He uses the same words all the rest of us do, but he puts them together in entertaining (and even painlessly educational) ways. Give yourself some time when you begin Back on Bonaire: Rediscovering Diver’s Paradise as a Father because once you read the first line you won’t want to put it down.”
–Dee Scarr, Women Divers Hall of Fame, author of Touch the Sea and The Gentle Sea
"Jalbert has managed the impossible in his book, Back on Bonaire: Rediscovering Diver's Paradise as a Father. He has defined that indefinable "essence" of Bonaire which keeps visitors returning year after year. Each chapter takes you on a (re)discovery of the island that we all love so much–its famous locations, quirky personalities, colorful history, and unique culture are revealed as each page is turned. A must-read for any Bonaire-lover."
–The Bonaire Insider
Chasing Light: A Travel Memoir and Photographic Journey Along Italy’s Southwestern Coast
Along Italy’s southwestern coast, cliffside villages cling to the edge of the sea. Ancient ruins fade into the landscape. And along stretches of shoreline once tied to the legends of Odysseus, light and shadow transform the Mediterranean into something almost mythic.
Chasing Light is a travel memoir set in this lesser-explored side of Italy—a road trip through places that feel both timeless and unpredictable.
Driving south from Rome, the plan is simple: follow the coast and create photographs along the way. But the journey quickly resists being controlled. Weather shifts. Locations disappoint. The best moments arrive unplanned—between destinations, in changing light, in places that weren’t even on the map.
Between winding coastal roads, quiet seaside towns, and long evenings overlooking the Mediterranean, the experience begins to change. What starts as a search for images becomes something more personal—an exploration of how we see, and what we bring to the places we travel.
As the same scenes are interpreted in entirely different ways, a deeper truth emerges: the story isn’t just in the landscape—it’s in the perspective.
Richly illustrated with professional photographs woven throughout the narrative, Chasing Light blends immersive travel writing with visual storytelling—capturing both the beauty and the unpredictability of Italy’s southwestern coast.
