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Title	:	Bonobo Handshake: A Memoir of Love and Adventure in the Congo
Author	:	Vanessa Woods
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 278 pages
Published	:	May 27th 2010 by Gotham (first published January 1st 2010)
Categories	:	Nonfiction. Animals. Autobiography. Memoir. Cultural. Africa. Science. Environment. Nature

Bonobo Handshake: A Memoir of Love and Adventure in the Congo

Vanessa Woods

Hardcover | Pages: 278 pages

Rating: 3.99 | 1871 Users | 291 Reviews

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A young woman follows her fiancé to war-torn Congo to study extremely endangered bonobo apes - who teach her a new truth about love and belonging.

In 2005, Vanessa Woods accepted a marriage proposal from a man she barely knew and agreed to join him on a research trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo, a country reeling from a brutal decade-long war that had claimed the lives of millions. Settling in at a bonobo sanctuary in Congo's capital, Vanessa and her fiancé entered the world of a rare ape with whom we share 98.7 percent of our DNA. She soon discovered that many of the inhabitants of the sanctuary - ape and human alike - are refugees from unspeakable violence, yet bonobos live in a peaceful society in which females are in charge, war is nonexistent, and sex is as common and friendly as a handshake.

A fascinating memoir of hope and adventure, Bonobo Handshake traces Vanessa's self-discovery as she finds herself falling deeply in love with her husband, the apes, and her new surroundings while probing life's greatest question: What ultimately makes us human? Courageous and extraordinary, this true story of revelation and transformation in a fragile corner of Africa is about looking past the differences between animals and ourselves, and finding in them the same extraordinary courage and will to survive. For Vanessa, it is about finding her own path as a writer and scientist, falling in love, and finding a home.

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ISBN:	1592405460 (ISBN13: 9781592405466)
Edition Language:	English

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Vanessa Woods writer her memoir of working with bonobo orphans in the Congo. It is much more than a simple memoir though. She shares her love story with meeting, falling in love with, and working with her husband. I was intrigued by the scientific studies they were conducting and the comparison between chimps and bonobos. It was also a loving look into the culture of the Congo and the wonderful people who dedicated their lives to saving the bonobo orphans. The memoir has also provided me with

In this book, Vanessa Woods skillfully interweaves three stories: her personal life, consisting of her temper tantrums directed at her husband Brian and her longing for understanding how the Vietnam war affected her estranged father; the history of the Congo with a focus on war; and her and her husbands research and relationships with chimps and bonobos at the sanctuaries.The connection between these three stories is violence. Most of the bonobos who end up in the sanctuary in the Congo have

I first learned about bonobos in Sara Gruen's Ape House, which was a great book because of how she portrayed the bonobos-- selfless, almost human creatures. I heard about this book when I saw that the author was coming to the college to speak. Bonobo Handshake is a wonderful story about love, war and hope. Vanessa Woods writing was easy, funny and informative. The information she provided about Congo will haunt me forever. I can't pick up my cell phone without thinking of the lives that were

"If I have learned one thing from Congo, it is this: If there are those you love, whoever or wherever they are, hold them. Find them and hold them as tightly as you can. Resist their squirming and impatience and uncomfortable laughter and just feel their hearts throbbing against yours and give thanks that for this moment, for this one precious moment, they are here.They are with you. And they know they are utterly, completely, entirely ... Loved." Vanessa Woods I go bananas for apes, so it's

This is a very important book. For too many people, bonobos (my spellchecker doesn't even consider their name to be a word!) are the least known member of the great primate family, often considered to be no more than "pygmy chimps." They aren't- they're a separate species, but like chimps, share some 97.6 of their genes with humans. The trick is, as Wood's and her husband's research attempts to discover- is What Is the Difference- because there are many. Bonobos are considered the most erotic of

I won this book through the First Reads Giveaway. A few years ago when I was taking my first anthropology class I read a book about bonobos from the library and I was fascinated.There are a number of things I enjoyed about this book. Besides learning about the bonobos, I learned a great deal about Africa and Congo. I have to admit that my familiarity with Africa's current events doesn't extend much more that a brief lecture I got in high school, so I really appreciated the mini history lesson

I had not heard of Bonobos, a cousin of the chimpanzee. Bonobos don't have the killer instinct that chimps have--instead they are lovers and engage in lots of sex. Vanessa lived in the Congo with her anthropologist husband, who is researching what makes the bonobos so cooperative. This story covers her joys, heartbreaks, and disillusionments. I was surprised to fall in love with the bonobos, too, as her character descriptions are excellent. As a result, I cried and laughed throughout.