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Waking Up in Eden: In Pursuit of an Impassioned Life on an Imperiled Island
Waking Up in Eden In Pursuit of an Impassioned Life on an Imperiled Island
Author: Lucinda Fleeson
Like so many of us, Lucinda Fleeson wanted to escape what had become a routine life. So, she quit her big-city job, sold her suburban house, and moved halfway across the world to the island of Kauai to work at the National Tropical Botanical Garden. Imagine a one-hundred-acre garden estate nestled amid ocean cliffs, rain forests, and secluded co...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9781565124868
ISBN-10: 1565124863
Publication Date: 6/16/2009
Pages: 320
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  • Currently 3.6/5 Stars.
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3.6 stars, based on 9 ratings
Publisher: Algonquin Books
Book Type: Paperback
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I very much enjoyed reading this book. It was an easy read and you learn a lot about the history of not only Kauai but also the NTBG. I would recommend this if you are going to travel to the island. Good read, would recommend.
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When Lucinda Fleeson lost her reporting job at the Philadelphia Inquirer she decided to start a new career as fund raiser for the National Tropical Botanical Garden in Hawaii. While there, she learned about the fragility of Hawaiis biodiversity, and the irony of Hawaii being both a tropical paradise and the extinction capital of the world. An engaging, readable narrative with just the right balance between memoir and science journalism. 4 stars


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