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When I Fell From The Sky: The True Story Of One Woman's Miraculous Survival (2011)

by Juliane Koepcke(Favorite Author)

3.42 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0983754705 (ISBN13: 9780983754701)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Titletown Publishing, LLC

review 1: I found this book after reading a short non-fiction about Juliane Koepcke with my students. They were fascinated by her story as was I and they wanted me to read her memoir. I found her story of her early life in the jungle interesting and, or course, her story of the fall and subsequent survival incredible. But the rest of the book was not as interesting. I thought the book would be mainly about her experience in the rainforest after the plane crash but I was wrong. Most of this book was about her life before and after the crash and about her trying to protect her parents' land in Peru, a place called Panguana. The writing style annoyed me at times when the author used ellipses instead of ending a story especially at the end of chapters. Also the author liked to gi... moreve her opinion of things, like the morals of journalists, that had no place in this story. There were several times where I just had to shake my head at something she said in her story that seemed to not belong.
review 2: The actual story of the crash makes up only a portion of this book, but the background of Koepcke's family and childhood, the aftermath of the crash, and her subsequent return are also interesting aspects of her story, so I didn't mind. The fact that she survived a fall of 2 miles, and didn't immediately get eaten by some wild Amazon animal was apparently story enough for me! Though, I am happy that I learned something, just in case I am trapped on the floor of the rainforest - follow fast moving water (but watch out for predators), find something sharp to remove maggots from your skin, and don't eat pretty much anything. less

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