Douglas J. Preston - Jennie
Douglas J. Preston - Jennie On a research trip to West Africa, Dr. Archibald decides to bring the ape, whom he names Jennie, back to Boston and raise her alongside his own two young children as a…
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Douglas J. Preston - Jennie
On a research trip to West Africa, Dr. Archibald decides to bring the ape, whom he names Jennie, back to Boston and raise her alongside his own two young children as a kind of scientific experiment. Hugo Archibald of the Boston Museum of Natural History encounters an orphaned baby chimpanzee.
She believes herself to be a human being. Jennie captures the hearts of everyone she encounters. She does almost everything a human child can, from riding a tricycle to fighting over the television with her siblings to communicating in AmericanSign Language.Told from shifting points of view of those closest to Jennie, this heartwarming and bittersweet novel forces us to take a closer look at the species that shares 98 percent of our DNA and ask ourselves the question: What does it really mean to be human?"Jennie," based on the real story of the chimpanzee who inspired Curious George, is the celebrated novel that was recently made into the award-winning Disney television film "The Jennie Project." It was translated into many languages and became a worldwide bestseller.