Laurence Gonzalesâs electrifying adventure opens in the jungles of the Congo. Jenny Lowe, a primatologist studying chimpanzeesâthe bonobosâis running for her life.
A civil war has exploded and Jenny is trapped in its crosshairs . . . She runs to the camp of a fellow primatologist.
The rebels have already been there.
Everyone is dead except a young girl, the daughter of Jennyâs brutally murdered fellow scientistâand competitor.
Jenny and the child flee, Jenny grabbing the notebooks of the primatologist whoâs been killed. She brings the girl to Chicago to await the discovery of her relatives. The girl is fifteen and lovelyâher name is Lucy.
Realizing that the child has no living relatives, Jenny begins to care for her as her own. When she reads the notebooks written by Lucyâs father, she discovers that the adorable, lovely, magical Lucy is the result of an experiment.
She is part human, part apeâa hybrid human being . . .
Laurence Gonzalesâs novel grabs you from its opening pages and you stay with it, mesmerized by the shy but fierce, wonderfully winning Lucy.
Laurence Gonzalesâs electrifying adventure opens in the jungles of the Congo. Jenny Lowe, a primatologist studying chimpanzeesâthe bonobosâis running for her life.
A civil war has exploded and Jenny is trapped in its crosshairs . . . She runs to the camp of a fellow primatologist.
The rebels have already been there.
Everyone is dead except a young girl, the daughter of Jennyâs brutally murdered fellow scientistâand competitor.
Jenny and the child flee, Jenny grabbing the notebooks of the primatologist whoâs been killed. She brings the girl to Chicago to await the discovery of her relatives. The girl is fifteen and lovelyâher name is Lucy.
Realizing that the child has no living relatives, Jenny begins to care for her as her own. When she reads the notebooks written by Lucyâs father, she discovers that the adorable, lovely, magical Lucy is the result of an experiment.
She is part human, part apeâa hybrid human being . . .
Laurence Gonzalesâs novel grabs you from its opening pages and you stay with it, mesmerized by the shy but fierce, wonderfully winning Lucy.