My Father's Island: A Galapagos Quest (Pelican Press): A Galapagos Quest |
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Johanna Angermeyer
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Pages: 303 (Paperback)
ISBN: 0954485106
Pub: Pelican Press
Pub date: 2007-01-01
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 85590
Reader Reviews:
From Publishers Weekly (0/0 people found this helpful)
The author never knew her father, Hans Angermeyer, nor was she familiar with the circumstances of his last years or death. He was one of five brothers who left Nazi Germany in 1935, sailing to the Galapagos Islands to make a new home. In Ecuador, he married an American widow, Emmasha, who had a small son. They had one child and another on the way when war came. Emmasha and the children returned to the U.S.; Hans, a German national, was denied admittance. When the author was 13, the family returned to Ecuador and to the Galapagos for a meeting with relatives. Living on the island--even without amenities and with its perils--was paradise. Angermeyer learned to hunt, fish and enjoy a Robinson Crusoe-like existence. She gives an engaging account of life on the island with an extended family--and she gradually pieces together the events surrounding her father's death. It is a remarkable story of adventure, romance and the fulfillment of a dream.
The best reading about Galapagos (3/3 people found this helpful)
Read this touching and hilarious account of how it was to live in the Galapagos Islands before the world discovered them. It is un-put-down-able "shipwrecks, strange hermits on desert islands and fallen air heros" all told through the eyes of a sensitive young girl on the verge of adulthood. Should be made into a film!
A wonderful Quest, A wonderful read. (3/3 people found this helpful)
This was a book I picked up with the "I have nothing else to read..." syndrome, but once picked up, I didn't put it down until finished. A cross between biography and travel, Johanna's book at times seemed to include large parts of fantasy as well, so incredible and hard to believe was the story. As a child, Johanna knew she was different, but when she and her family saw her uncles on a television documentary about the Galapagos Islands, her circumstances changed rapidly. Then follows her quest to find out the stories of her mother, her uncles, and her long-lost father. The writing style is lucid with great descriptions of both people and places. I am looking forward to the sequel.
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