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Title: A Beautiful Truth
Author: Colin McAdam
Narrator: Joe Barrett
Format: Unabridged
Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins
Language: English
Release date: 09-17-13
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 8 votes
Genres: Fiction, Contemporary
Publisher's Summary:
Told simultaneously from the perspective of humans and chimpanzees, A Beautiful Truth - at times brutal, other times deeply moving - is about the simple truths that transcend species, the meaning of family, the lure of belonging, and the capacity for survival.
Looee is forever set apart, a chimp raised by a well-meaning and compassionate human couple in Vermont who cannot conceive a baby of their own. He's not human, but with his peculiar upbringing he is no longer like other chimps. One tragic night Looee's two natures collide, and this unique family is forever changed.
At the Girdish Institute in Florida, a group of chimpanzees has been studied for decades. The work at Girdish has proved that chimps have memories and solve problems, that they can learn language and need friends, and that they build complex cultures. They are political, altruistic, and capable of anger and forgiveness. When Looee is moved to the institute, he is forced to try to find a place in this new world.
A Beautiful Truth is an epic and heartfelt story about parenthood, friendship, loneliness, fear, and conflict, about the things we hold sacred as humans and how much we have in common with our animal relatives. A novel of great heart and wisdom from a literary master, it exposes the yearnings, cruelty, and resilience of all great apes.
Members Reviews:
Perhaps the most moving book I have ever read!
While those who said that they found this story a little confusing in the beginning, I suggest readingNext of Kin: My Conversations with Chimpanzeesby Roger Fouts. (A true story that tells the dramatic story of Fouts's magical 30 year relationship with Washoe, whom we watch grow from a mischievous baby chimp fresh out of the NASA space program into the matriarch of a clan of chimpanzees who fill the pages with tales of what it is like to live and converse (in American Sign Language) with these intelligent, sensitive, sentient creatures. Read it!) Reading "Next Of Kin" connects all the dots and answers all the question one might have.
"A Beautiful Truth" has moved me to tears almost nightly. At times I foresee what is going to happen and I have to stop dead and prepare myself to read on. Sometimes I am correct and sometimes the story leads me to places I never thought I would go. I have Post-It tabs on numerous pages because the prose is so beautiful and I need to go back to reread and savor one more time.
This book puts you directly inside what it is like to be a chimpanzee and teaches us all, without question, that chimpanzees are Wild Animals -- not pets, not human even though we share 98.7% of their DNA, and they are NOT uncaring and unfeeling test subjects to be tortured in national and private laboratories.
"A Beautiful Truth" forces us to confront why we humans believe we are the only creatures who think, feel, hold memories and have deeply felt emotions. It teaches us that if we are so naive to think these thoughts we are so very wrong. Looee and Mr. Ghoul are real persons, just like me and you. Looee and Mr. Ghoul will live with me forever.
SIDE NOTE: The chimpanzees who are all being held in captivity can never return back to the 'Wilds of Africa' and they need to be rescued and retired to a life of sanctuary so they can live out their lives with other chimpanzees.
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Title: A Beautiful Truth
Author: Colin McAdam
Narrator: Joe Barrett
Format: Unabridged
Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins
Language: English
Release date: 09-17-13
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 8 votes
Genres: Fiction, Contemporary
Publisher's Summary:
Told simultaneously from the perspective of humans and chimpanzees, A Beautiful Truth - at times brutal, other times deeply moving - is about the simple truths that transcend species, the meaning of family, the lure of belonging, and the capacity for survival.
Looee is forever set apart, a chimp raised by a well-meaning and compassionate human couple in Vermont who cannot conceive a baby of their own. He's not human, but with his peculiar upbringing he is no longer like other chimps. One tragic night Looee's two natures collide, and this unique family is forever changed.
At the Girdish Institute in Florida, a group of chimpanzees has been studied for decades. The work at Girdish has proved that chimps have memories and solve problems, that they can learn language and need friends, and that they build complex cultures. They are political, altruistic, and capable of anger and forgiveness. When Looee is moved to the institute, he is forced to try to find a place in this new world.
A Beautiful Truth is an epic and heartfelt story about parenthood, friendship, loneliness, fear, and conflict, about the things we hold sacred as humans and how much we have in common with our animal relatives. A novel of great heart and wisdom from a literary master, it exposes the yearnings, cruelty, and resilience of all great apes.
Members Reviews:
Perhaps the most moving book I have ever read!
While those who said that they found this story a little confusing in the beginning, I suggest readingNext of Kin: My Conversations with Chimpanzeesby Roger Fouts. (A true story that tells the dramatic story of Fouts's magical 30 year relationship with Washoe, whom we watch grow from a mischievous baby chimp fresh out of the NASA space program into the matriarch of a clan of chimpanzees who fill the pages with tales of what it is like to live and converse (in American Sign Language) with these intelligent, sensitive, sentient creatures. Read it!) Reading "Next Of Kin" connects all the dots and answers all the question one might have.
"A Beautiful Truth" has moved me to tears almost nightly. At times I foresee what is going to happen and I have to stop dead and prepare myself to read on. Sometimes I am correct and sometimes the story leads me to places I never thought I would go. I have Post-It tabs on numerous pages because the prose is so beautiful and I need to go back to reread and savor one more time.
This book puts you directly inside what it is like to be a chimpanzee and teaches us all, without question, that chimpanzees are Wild Animals -- not pets, not human even though we share 98.7% of their DNA, and they are NOT uncaring and unfeeling test subjects to be tortured in national and private laboratories.
"A Beautiful Truth" forces us to confront why we humans believe we are the only creatures who think, feel, hold memories and have deeply felt emotions. It teaches us that if we are so naive to think these thoughts we are so very wrong. Looee and Mr. Ghoul are real persons, just like me and you. Looee and Mr. Ghoul will live with me forever.
SIDE NOTE: The chimpanzees who are all being held in captivity can never return back to the 'Wilds of Africa' and they need to be rescued and retired to a life of sanctuary so they can live out their lives with other chimpanzees.