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Book Review of 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
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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