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Synopsis
Aiming to put as much distance as she could between herself and a dysfunctional relationship, Vanessa Woods left her Pleasantville life in the leafy but safe suburbs of Canberra and headed for the remote, wild, and distinctly unsafe jungles of Costa Rica. She had a research job, a contract with the Disney Channel, and would spend the year working with a small community of dedicated like-minded scientific souls researching the behavior of capuchin monkeys while making a documentary about Costa Rican wildlife. Or so she thought. As it turned out, she didn’t get along with her housemates, was stung so often by wasps and killer bees she developed a lethal allergy, and the monkeys were evasive, mean, and aggressive the only difference between them and her housemates being that at least she could tell her housemates apart. Over the course of a wild and tumultuous year, Vanessa learned that not all monkeys or people are alike, that friendship can be more important than sex, and that sometimes it takes a brush with death and an abscess the size of a melon on your head to make you realize that being pretty isn't always enough.
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About the Author
Vanessa Woods is a feature writer for the Discovery Channel and has written for a large number of publications including Australian Geographic, BBC Wildlife, and New Scientist. She is the author of It's True: Space Will Turn You into Spaghetti and It's True: There Are Bugs in Your Bed.
Review
"Vanessa Woods springs out of the mire of mediocre memoirs with the sprightliness of a startled gazelle. She's bright and smart and fast with a quip." —The Age
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- PublisherAllen & Unwin
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 1741148596
- ISBN 13 9781741148596
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages336
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