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Savages
Author: Shirley Conran

FIVE SUBURBAN WOMEN FORCED TO FLEE INTO THE JUNGLE... AND SURVIVE. — Shirley Conran's Savages takes the reader into the lives of five women: upper-class corporate wives, surrounded by all the luxuries their husbands' salaries and charge cards can buy; wives, mothers, neighbors, cordial rivals, whose husbands are in competit... more »ion for the presidency of a Fortune 500 company...

After a business conference in Australia, the top executives of the powerful Nexus Mining Company relax together on Paui, a tropical island west of New Guinea. Unfortunately, during their vacation, the political unrest that simmers on this only partially civilized island comes to a head. While the women are on a boat trip, the hotel is attacked by terrorists and the tourists are slaughtered. Catching sight, on their return, of the carnage, the women flee into the jungle to survive as best they can.

Suddenly these five women, who have known one another for years in the slightly bitchy atmosphere of genteel suburban competition, are forced to rely on themselves for everything -- including life itself. They have only their wits, strength, courage, and each other, now that all civilization has been stripped away and the only prize is survival. They are their only hope!

There is Silvana, the wife of the retiring Nexus president. Her marriage to him when she was 17 was the last truly spontaneous act of a life which has been devoted to The Company. Having come to terms with a husband who gets excitement from business deals and other women, she has solaced herself with romantic literature... Now she faces the need to live with her raw emotions -- even to kill if necessary.

Suzy, the voluptuous baby doll, famous for falling into a swimming pool at a party (on purpose) and revealing that she wears nothing under her designer originals... She must learn to fight for survival with her bare hands.

Patty, the California blonde who runs miles every day and forces herself to relax with yoga as a way of escaping the family tragedy she keeps reminding herself is not her fault. Without the carefully shored-up life she has created for herself, she is left to face, head-on, her real fears...

Carey, who looks like Princess Di, but is the only one with a career of her own, fiercely determined to maintain it even if it means compromising her husband's success. She finds in herself a surprising strength -- and an unexpected weakness...

And Annie, the sweet-natured mother of four strapping sons, who suffers from feelings of physical and emotional inadequacy and works frantically to repress the powerful sexual yearnings that keep engulfing her. Gentle Annie is challenged to live through a nightmare of danger, death, killing -- even cannibalism...

These are the women who are forced to spend months alone together on Paui, threatened by sharks, storms and alligators in the water, and on land by terrorists, poisonous plants and insects, and man-eaters both animal and human. And should they manage to escape all these, they will find themselves confronting the most dangerous threat of all -- for their own exposed and violent passions have turned them, far more than the predators they are fleeing, into savages...

ISBN-13: 9780671643904
ISBN-10: 0671643908
Publication Date: 9/1987
Pages: 587
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Currently 4.2/5 Stars.

4.2 stars, based on 13 ratings

Publisher: Simon Schuster
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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Jane K. (JanieK) reviewed Savages on 2/13/2009 + 54 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 4

I honestly can't believe there are so few reviews for this book. I read a couple of fiction books a week...for my whole life I have. I think this is the only book besides Gone With The Wind that I've read repeatedly. It is just the best. The first few chapters are a little dry but it's just the set up for the characters...Getting to know who they each are ends up being important, actually. Keep reading and you will NOT be sorry. Even after reading this many times I STILL can not put it down until the end. If you go to Amazon there are lots of reviews for this book. Honestly, it is just the best...so exciting!

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Jane K. (JanieK) reviewed Savages on 3/15/2008 + 54 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 3

This is the best book I have ever read. I'm not sure how to explain what I mean. Okay...maybe not the best written, maybe not the most meaningful or intelligent. But this is the one book that I can read over and over and always be spellbound each and every time...there is just something about it. It is just as thrilling each time I read it. The beginning is slow but you need to plow through it because it is so worth it. And the end...great! Check out the reviews on Amazon....I was pleased to see that I'm not crazy LOL...many agreed!

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Gail L. (VoraciouslyEatBooks) reviewed Savages on 8/14/2006 + 22 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 3

The lead up to the woman surviving in the jungle seemed too detailed and only partly relevant, but the rest was fascinating.

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Kitina C. (Eyestrain) reviewed Savages on 4/21/2007 + 17 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 3

Awesome book!! From terrorist attacks, sex, suspense. This book has it all. Loved it!!

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Derek N. (derekneuland) reviewed Savages on 7/11/2006 + 44 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 1

Great book! I couldn't put it down!

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Vicki S. (curledupwithabook) - , reviewed Savages on 3/9/2014 + 169 more book reviews

Fascinating story about a group of spoiled executive's wives who become stranded on an island and how they survive, evolve, and, ultimately, escape. Shirley Conran weaves a credible tale of greed (corporate, personal, political), political instability, deception, and love. The settings for her story range from the luxurious corporate offices of Nexus, with its "sharks in suits" to the savage jungle of Paui and, finally, to the potentially deadly sea. The author takes her time building the plot, so it's not a quick women-in-peril read.

I enjoyed reading about the women's developing survival skills and life in the jungle. Conran doesn't sugar coat their experiences and I really felt their disappointments, fears, horror, and desperation. A good book to take on a vacation.

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Carla N. (MomZaMedic) - , reviewed Savages on 10/22/2009 + 54 more book reviews

Great story about a group of women who are forced to survive in the jungle when terrosists murder thier husbands in a takeover of a resort island. Very exciting and keeps your interest throughout!

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Daniela C. (bearsirspanksalot) reviewed Savages on 4/19/2009

I love love love this book. I think its so adventurous and is written in a way that is so descriptive, I felt as if I was on an adventure. It has become my favorite book of all time. I recommended to every one, well maybe not children.

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Ruth R. (yomamaruth) reviewed Savages on 2/25/2006 + 366 more book reviews

Survivor fans will like this one! 5 suburban woman on vacation at a South Pacific island resort survive terrorist take over. Now they must stay alive in the jungle-and still act civilized with each other in the face of overwhelming needs and dangers

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