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Soho Press
September 2013
On Sale: September 17, 2013
336 pages
ISBN: 1616953152
EAN: 9781616953157
Kindle: B00C0ALGHO
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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 couple who cannot conceive a baby of their own, is
forever set apart. He’s not human, but with his peculiar
upbringing he is no longer like other chimps. One tragic
night Looee’s two natures collide and their unique family is
forever changed. At the Girdish Institute in Florida, a group of chimpanzees
has been studied for decades. The work at Girdish has
proven that chimps have memories and solve problems, that
they can learn language and need friends, and that they
build complex cultures. They are political, altruistic, get
angry, and forgive. When Looee is moved to the Institute, he
is forced to try to find a place in their world. A Beautiful Truth is an epic and heartfelt story about
parenthood, friendship, loneliness, fear and conflict, about
the things we hold sacred as humans and how much we have in
common with our animal relatives. A novel of great heart and
wisdom from a literary master, it exposes the yearnings,
cruelty, and resilience of all great apes.
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