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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. I first read this in an edition that claimed it actually happened; and that she was a Ph.D., inferred she was a doctor and an anthropologist. The stories about it all being made up came out after I had finished the book, and made me feel like I had been scammed. Since then she has had a lot of anger from Aboriginals in Australia who deeply resent her misrepresentation of them and their beliefs and way of life. She seems totally uncaring of the truth, of respecting the people she writes about, and apparently, she's made a mint and a career from this book. I reread it for a book discussion group, but felt real anger and sadness while doing so. I love fiction, but think there should be some element of truth, truthfulness, honesty in fiction. We'll probably have a pretty hot discussion in our reading group over this book and its author! ( )A writer lives with a tribe of aboriginals for a while, learns much about their way of survival, but also about their philosophy for living. Okudum begendim Knew this was a controversial book when I got it but I never expected to see something like this "Great!" I thought to myself. "I've spent seven hundred dollars on airfare, hotel room, and now new clothes for this introduction to native Australians, and now I found out they can't even speak English, let alone recognize current fashions." Not to mention the general antagonistic tone of the author's note. Didn't finish it and I don't intend to, but not sure what I'm going to do with it since I don't feel comfortable wild releasing it. Imprescindible no reviews | add a review
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Mutant Message Down Under is the fictional account of an American woman's spiritual odyssey through outback Australia. An underground bestseller in its original self-published edition, Marlo Morgan's powerful tale of challenge and endurance has a message for us all.
Summoned by a remote tribe of nomadic Aborigines to accompany them on walkabout, the woman makes a four-month-long journey and learns how they thrive in natural harmony with the plants and animals that exist in the rugged lands of Australia's bush. From the first day of her adventure, Morgan is challenged by the physical requirements of the journey—she faces daily tests of her endurance, challenges that ultimately contribute to her personal transformation.
By traveling with this extraordinary community, Morgan becomes a witness to their essential way of being in a world based on the ancient wisdom and philosophy of a culture that is more than 50,000 years old.
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