Lin Chang-hsing, who supplied them with much of their information about green turtles, notes that although A Distant Homeland, as a story book with color pictures, may stray from reality in a few places, its value lies not in conveying academic knowledge but rather in promoting protection of green turtles.
曾提供夫婦倆許多關於綠蠵龜資料的林長興認為，雖然書中因採故事型態，有時敘述綠蠵龜的生態有一些小出入，但是它的價值不在學術認知，卻在藉此推廣保育觀念。