BOOKS - WILD ROOTS: Coming Alive in the French Amazon
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WILD ROOTS: Coming Alive in the French Amazon
Author: Donna Mulvenna
Year: July 12, 2016
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 1.5 MB
Language: English
Year: July 12, 2016
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 1.5 MB
Language: English
Donna Mulvenna lived a conventional life most would consider successful: a rewarding job, a spacious home with wall-sized flat-screen television, and yoga classes. But for all these comforts, something was missing. It didn't matter what she did to attract love, peace, or passion into her life, everything, somehow, was tainted by the murkiness of inner chaos.So when she met a Frenchman who was about to leave Australia's shores, she took a leap of faith and joined him. After all, who wouldn't accept an invitation to visit France? It wasn't until he bought the tickets that she asked, "French Guiana. Is it near Paris?"After that, things got a little crazy. She found herself hacking her way through a perilous jungle, swimming in chocolate-colored seas, and sprint canoeing along anaconda infested rivers. She was threatened by wild animals, had more than a few hair-raising moments in a pirogue, struggled with a bureaucratic nightmare, and succumbed to a tropical disease. French Guiana seemed to be getting more hostile by the minute.Then something even more peculiar happened. She found peace. She looked out over the rainforest, and life slipped into slow motion. Her hands, her heart, her thoughts, her breath, and her speech all slowed to the rhythm of the forest. At that moment, Donna came alive in the French Amazon. Cleansed of the preconceived notions and dearly-held beliefs that sustained her in a modern world, she became much more than she ever dreamed possible.Written with humor, a respect for nature, and an awareness that we must somehow rebuild our relationship with it, the author shares with you how one of the most inhospitable places on the planet shaped her personal transformation and led to an incredible life.
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