From Tent to Castle: Memoir of a Year-Long Honeymoon
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Apr 09, Char Freund rated it liked it. Intense read making it a page turner that I read in two days. Their spontaneousness in adjusting itinerary without proper preparedness was more a badge of foolery than free spiritedness. Something I read more about as a nurse: Can a parasite remain dormant for decades? Google Vietnam parasite and liver cancer. One comment from ROD that stands out is the madness than can develop from the monotonous sameness of surroundings whether it is months at sea or along an uncharted river.
There are also some overlapping situations: Oct 30, Erik rated it really liked it Shelves: I really enjoyed this one for a number of reasons: Rather than spoiling the suspense of how the tale would end, it added to my enjoyment, because I wasn't thinking "How could the author possibly know that? I thought that the author did an excellent job of keeping my interest. Jul 31, BookTrib. Holly and Fitz Fitzgerald, a newlywed couple enjoying their extended honeymoon, find themselves crash-landed in the center of the Peruvian jungle. A small raft, crudely built from whatever materials they could find.
This book had us on our toes the entire read! For our entire review - and for more books you won't be able to put down - click here! Jun 24, Jeimy rated it it was amazing. The author recounts the twenty something days she spent stranded with her husband after they lost their way while trying to raft downriver towards Bolivia in the Madre de Dios River.
The book begins with a plane crash that lands them in a penal colony in the middle of the jungle and goes downhill from there. While the story itself was a compelling and epic adventure, I found some of the writing irritating. There were constant descriptions and mentioning of hair, her's and his, the color of eyes and references to divine intervention that I found to be unnecessary to the narrative. While I did enjoy most of it I found myself rolling my eyes more than once. Jun 16, Rorie Pagnozzi rated it it was amazing. This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here.
This book was extremely engaging. I found myself on days when I was the passenger in the business vehicle with no air, relating to the author about the sticky never-ending heat and appreciating all the food I was eating like it was a delicacy. My mind stayed on that brown river and swamp even when I was too busy with life to be able to pick up the book, and dreaming about what might happen next. A few things that still drive me crazy are the whirl-pooling suction noise that would come each night This book was extremely engaging.
A few things that still drive me crazy are the whirl-pooling suction noise that would come each night at a certain time, it definitely is a bummer to never find out what that was. That's the thing about memoirs though I guess; real life sometimes doesn't come with answers.
Also, one other small pet-peeve. She took pictures the whole time as a photographer, but in all the 26 days they were imprisoned on their raft she never once thought to take a picture of the place they were one day away from dying in. Sep 13, Audrey rated it it was ok Shelves: I enjoy true stories of travel and adventure. The problem with this book is that the writing was a bit juvenile.
I thought this couple was incredibly lucky in how their story turned out. They had a lot of bad luck and were truly fortunate to have both survived. I do wonder if some of their observations about privilege was something they realized then as depicted in the book or realized as they aged. Jul 26, Robin rated it liked it Shelves: This survival story read like a raft barreling down class 5 rapids but I still have a tough time believing writers who can remember everything that was said word for word, and details of everything that was done 45 years ago.
Jul 12, Sandy Begley rated it it was amazing. I couldn't put the book down. Having been to the Amazon, the descriptions of the river were so vivid you felt like you were on the river with Holly and Fitz. It's hard to believe Holly wrote this over forty years after the adventure.
Jul 28, Lisa K rated it it was ok. Let me save everyone some time: This reads like the type of long Facebook post that made me quit Facebook. Jun 20, Katie Talbott rated it it was amazing. I guess most survival stories are, though I can't believe it took Holly Fitzgerald this long to write their story. Ruthless River terrifying, totally engrossing and so well written Jun 01, Suzanne rated it it was amazing.
It's that kind of bookcompletely captivating. The plot in a nutshellHolly and Fitz are on an extended honeymoon in South America in the early 70s. A series of events a plane crash, a town without transportation out, a rafting trip everyone assures them is perfectly safe, a storm this is a cut and paste of the review I wrote for Amazon I got this book in the mail yesterday, thought to myself "I'll just read a page or two" and next thing I knew, it was late at night and I was finishing it.
A series of events a plane crash, a town without transportation out, a rafting trip everyone assures them is perfectly safe, a storm lead to them being stranded off course, unable to fight the current and get back where they need to be. And slowly, they are starving to death. I don't think there could be much of a better description of what it would feel like to starve to death, to be dying not in a dramatic way but in a slow and exhausting way than the author's telling here. It's easy to write about high drama, but much harder to write well about the little details that add up to a growing horror, and it's amazingly done here.
It's hard to believe the author hasn't written anything else. If you like adventure tales, travel tales, or even tales of marriage and its tests, this is a book you'll want to read. I will be recommending it to many. Apr 25, Barb rated it it was ok.
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And it's an amazing story. For me, the delivery was flat, felt inauthentic, and left me feeling Who ARE these people? What are their circumstances that made it possible for them to actually be on this adventure and so many others, later in life? If so, then they really need to be writ Spoiler Alert: If so, then they really need to be writing a tell-all book about the secrets to their extraordinary emotional regulation; the world needs THAT. Sep 09, Marcia Andre rated it it was amazing. I actually read this book in one sitting, as I could not put it down, and I was on a long car trip.
It's very exciting, and the action never stops.
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Were they stupid or naive? Yea, they sure were. It was kind of like reading Wild, but what they undertook was far more dangerous.
From Tent to Castle: Memoir of a Year-Long Honeymoon - Kindle edition by HARLEY Sachs. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or. The couple's honeymoon adventure is in an extensive memoir, "From Tent to Castle" and his " From Tent to Castle: Memoir of a Year-Long Honeymoon .
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If you live long enough you not only know history, your are part of it. Read more Read less. Kindle Cloud Reader Read instantly in your browser. Product details File Size: June 17, Sold by: Related Video Shorts 0 Upload your video. Share your thoughts with other customers. Write a customer review. There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later. Kindle Edition Verified Purchase. Getting through the ordeal in the swamp helped the couple weather other ups and downs, one of which served as impetus for writing the book. Thirteen years ago, FitzGerald was diagnosed with breast cancer and found herself thinking a lot about the swamp.
She took a memoir class, started telling the story, and found what at first was a hobby, a diversion, became something she felt compelled to do. He even balked at times when FitzGerald asked him to read certain sections.
The web page where extensive reviews and word blurbs of his works can be found is www. The kind of story that makes me think, "Maybe it's not entirely bad that I'm stu This book is firmly within one of my favorite unofficial genres, "the travelogue from hell. Carroll subsequently had little to say about Russia; Twain in contrast had much to say and write, suggesting for example in that. Karl Joubert, an Englishman of Huguenot descent, reeled off three books in with each title more doom-laden than the previous: Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App.
He did offer editing help when he could. In fact, as soon as they had their strength back, undaunted, they went back on the road, to France, the UK, Bali, Indonesia, and Malaysia. Last year, they went to China, and FitzGerald talks of taking a trip to Australia. She talks of how they celebrated the year anniversary of their rescue in the Himalayas. Holly FitzGerald and her husband, Fitz, were enjoying their year-long honeymoon in this photo taken in Peru before a plane crash set them on a harrowing journey.
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