Pursuing graduate study of spectacled fruit bats in Queensland, Australia, Annabel Mendelssohn spends her free time picking leeches from her eyes, discovering waterfalls, and writing to her sister, Alice, whose life, by contrast, is domestic and settled. Aside from occasional fears that loggers will terrorize her camp, all is going according to plan; that is until Annabel's mentor, Professor John Goode, suddenly disappears. Haunted by the ambiguous circumstances surrounding her own brother's death two years earlier, Annabel ...
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Pursuing graduate study of spectacled fruit bats in Queensland, Australia, Annabel Mendelssohn spends her free time picking leeches from her eyes, discovering waterfalls, and writing to her sister, Alice, whose life, by contrast, is domestic and settled. Aside from occasional fears that loggers will terrorize her camp, all is going according to plan; that is until Annabel's mentor, Professor John Goode, suddenly disappears. Haunted by the ambiguous circumstances surrounding her own brother's death two years earlier, Annabel becomes determined to find her missing professor-but she is not alone in her search. Leon, Professor Goode's son, has left his teaching job in a Boston museum to conduct his own rescue efforts. Soon Annabel and Leon cross paths and together, in the vibrant and unruly rain forest, they try to unravel the mystery of the professor's disappearance. As their search progresses, they soon come to realize that sometimes the truth reveals itself in more ways than one. This is a graceful debut novel of love and adventure.
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Good. A library withdrawal in the plastic protective covers. There is a card pocket pasted on the inside cover page. The book has been stamped at the cover page and at the page edge. Light scuff to the covers and the page edge, This Edition Is Presentable.
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Used-G. This book is noticeably used and in good condition. Help support Orca Books Cooperative--Olympia's only Co-op Bookstore! Page edges discolored from age and/or sun damage. Light staining on cover.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Book has never been read. In an attempt to cope with her brother's suspicious death, Annabel Mendelssohn travels to Australia to do her graduate work on spectacled fruit bats, where she meets professor John Goode who suddenly disappears leaving Annabel on a quest to uncover the mystery.
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