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A beautiful truthColin McAdam

A beautiful truth

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"Told simultaneously from the perspective of humans and chimpanzees, set in a Vermont home and a Florida primate research facility, A Beautiful Truth--at times brutal, other times deeply moving--is about the simple truths that transcend species, the meaning of family, the lure of belonging, and the capacity for survival. A powerful and haunting meditation on human nature told from the dual perspectives of a Vermont family that has adopted a chimp as a surrogate son, and a group of chimpanzees in a Florida research institute. Looee, a chimp raised by a well-meaning and compassionate human…

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Editions

6 editions
  • Other · English · 2014
    Penguin · 292 pages · 9780143182221
  • Other · English · 2014
    Beautiful Truth
    Granta Books · 386 pages · 9781847088505
  • Other · English · 2014
    Beautiful Truth
    Soho Press, Incorporated · 304 pages · 9781616953782
  • Other · English · 2013
    Soho Press · 292 pages · 9781616953157
  • Other · English · 2013
    Hamish Hamilton · 292 pages · 9780670066360
  • Other · English · 2013
    292 pages · 9781847088475
ParenthoodChimpanzeesPsychologyChimpanzees as petsHuman-animal relationshipsFictionFICTION / LiteraryFICTION / Psychological