Upbeat Book Talk

Book Recommendations The Girl With No Name by Marina Chapman       https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BNPI7FG/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding   T his is Marina Chapman's astounding story of spending several years of her life being raised deep in the Columbian rainforest by monkeys. At about the age of 4 she was kidnapped from a remote village, then abandoned in a chase. If not for this species of amazing monkeys she would have perished. 

 Book Review: America's First Daughter   Stephanie Dray & Laura Kamoie                                      https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ZP4KE70/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding    P ublished in 2016, this work of historical fiction has been given rave reviews and become a top contender for book club choices everywhere.  The trouble I have is with the description of the book on the back of the title page, and I quote: "This book is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogue are drawn from the author's imagination and not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental." Yet the entire book uses letters and historical documents throughout as the basis for filling in huge blanks to write what they believe could have been the entire story of Thomas Jefferson's daughter Patsy's life, and Jefferson's as it closely relates to hers. Jefferson's wife di

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Book Recommendations The American Agent, A Maisie Dobbs mystery by Jacqueline Winspear   If you aren't a Masie Dobbs fan as yet, I recommend you begin at the first one, although following them in order isn't a must. This is number 15, and Maisie is now in her early 40's, ever resilient, brilliant at what she does, but human and likeable. Winspear hasn't lost her touch, this may be one of my favorites in the series.                                                                               https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07B7K973K/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding   The Long Walk, the true story of a trek to freedom by Slavomir Rawicz.                         https://www.amazon.com/Long-Walk-True-Story-Freedom/dp/149302261X/ref= According to Donald Downing, who wrote the forward to this book, he went looking for Slavomir Rawicz to get a story on a siting in the Himalayas of yeti. What he got was a far more incredible story, which the former officer i

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