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Jennie

Jennie

by Douglas Preston (Author)

  • New

    Paperback 2006

    $18.54

  • Used

    Paperback 1996

    $3.47

  • Used

    Hardcover 1995

    $3.47
Synopsis

When a wild chimpanzee dies giving birth, Dr. Hugo Archibald decides to raise the orphaned infant chimp alongside his human children. Jennie quickly captures the hearts of everyone she meets. This heart warming novel forces us to take a closer look at the species that shares 98 per cent of our DNA and ask ourselves: what does it mean to be human?

$18.54

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More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 320
 Edition: New edition
 Publisher: Forge
Published: 31 Mar 2006
ISBN 10: 0765315610
ISBN 13: 9780765315618

Media Reviews
A poignant, thought-provoking story.


Engaging and touching . . . A remarkable book.

Brilliant and complex. Jennie is a dazzling fiction debut.


Engrossing . . . Jennie is a believable character, both hilarious and heart-breaking.

Engaging and touching . . . A remarkable book. -- The Denver Post on Jennie Brilliant and complex. Jennie is a dazzling fiction debut. -- Los Angeles Times on Jennie

A poignant, thought-provoking story. -- The Wall Street Journal on Jennie
A haunting account of the nebulous line between man and animal. . . . Tragic, dark, irresistible. -- Boston Herald on Jennie

I love Jennie, the book and the chimp . . . a very remarkable person and a very important book. --Jane Goodall, bestselling author of In the Shadow of Man

An amazing story. -- Entertainment Weekly on Jennie
Engrossing story of a chimp experiment . . . Jennie is a believable character, both hilarious and heart-breaking. -- Cleveland Plain Dealer on Jennie
An enchanting morality tale in which genes and evolution replace fates of ancient tragedy. . . . Preston sticks to scientific fact and so it's to his credit that he reader finds himself asking 'Is Jennie human?' and to the end is never convinced that she is not. -- Dallas Morning News on Jennie

I love Jennie, the book and the chimp . . . a very remarkable person and a very important book.

A haunting account of the nebulous line between man and animal. . . . Tragic, dark, irresistible.

I love Jennie, the book and the chimp . . . a very remarkable person and a very important book.

A haunting account of the nebulous line between man and animal. . . . Tragic, dark, irresistible.

Engaging and touching . . . A remarkable book. -- The Denver Post on Jennie
Brilliant and complex. Jennie is a dazzling fiction debut. -- Los Angeles Times
on Jennie

A poignant, thought-provoking story. -- The Wall Street Journal on Jennie
A haunting account of the nebulous line between man and animal. . . . Tragic, dark, irresistible. -- Boston Herald on Jennie

I love Jennie, the book and the chimp . . . a very remarkable person and a very important book. --Jane Goodall, bestselling author of In the Shadow of Man

An amazing story. -- Entertainment Weekly on Jennie
Engrossing story of a chimp experiment . . . Jennie is a believable character, both hilarious and heart-breaking. -- Cleveland Plain Dealer on Jennie
An enchanting morality tale in which genes and evolution replace fates of ancient tragedy. . . . Preston sticks to scientific fact and so it's to his credit that he reader finds himself asking 'Is Jennie human?' and to the end is never convinced that she is not. -- Dallas Morning News on Jennie


I love Jennie, the book and the chimp . . . a very remarkable person and a very important book.
--Jane Goodall

Engaging and touching . . . A remarkable book. The Denver Post on Jennie

Brilliant and complex. Jennie is a dazzling fiction debut. Los Angeles Times

A poignant, thought-provoking story. The Wall Street Journal

A haunting account of the nebulous line between man and animal. . . . Tragic, dark, irresistible. Boston Herald

I love Jennie, the book and the chimp . . . a very remarkable person and a very important book. Jane Goodall, bestselling author of In the Shadow of Man

An amazing story. Entertainment Weekly

Engrossing story of a chimp experiment . . . Jennie is a believable character, both hilarious and heart-breaking. Cleveland Plain Dealer

An enchanting morality tale in which genes and evolution replace fates of ancient tragedy. . . . Preston sticks to scientific fact and so it's to his credit that he reader finds himself asking 'Is Jennie human?' and to the end is never convinced that she is not. Dallas Morning News


-Engaging and touching . . . A remarkable book.- --The Denver Post on Jennie

-Brilliant and complex. Jennie is a dazzling fiction debut.- --Los Angeles Times

-A poignant, thought-provoking story.- --The Wall Street Journal

-A haunting account of the nebulous line between man and animal. . . . Tragic, dark, irresistible.- --Boston Herald

-I love Jennie, the book and the chimp . . . a very remarkable person and a very important book.- --Jane Goodall, bestselling author of In the Shadow of Man

-An amazing story.- --Entertainment Weekly

-Engrossing story of a chimp experiment . . . Jennie is a believable character, both hilarious and heart-breaking.- --Cleveland Plain Dealer

-An enchanting morality tale in which genes and evolution replace fates of ancient tragedy. . . . Preston sticks to scientific fact and so it's to his credit that he reader finds himself asking 'Is Jennie human?' and to the end is never convinced that she is not.- --Dallas Morning News


Engaging and touching . . . A remarkable book. --The Denver Post on Jennie

Brilliant and complex. Jennie is a dazzling fiction debut. --Los Angeles Times

A poignant, thought-provoking story. --The Wall Street Journal

A haunting account of the nebulous line between man and animal. . . . Tragic, dark, irresistible. --Boston Herald

I love Jennie, the book and the chimp . . . a very remarkable person and a very important book. --Jane Goodall, bestselling author of In the Shadow of Man

An amazing story. --Entertainment Weekly

Engrossing story of a chimp experiment . . . Jennie is a believable character, both hilarious and heart-breaking. --Cleveland Plain Dealer

An enchanting morality tale in which genes and evolution replace fates of ancient tragedy. . . . Preston sticks to scientific fact and so it's to his credit that he reader finds himself asking 'Is Jennie human?' and to the end is never convinced that she is not. --Dallas Morning News

Author Bio
Douglas Preston is the co-author with Lincoln Child of the celebrated Pendergast series of novels, including such best-selling titles as Fever Dream, The Book of the Dead, The Wheel of Darkness, and Relic, which became a number one box office hit movie. His solo novels include the New York Times bestsellers Impact, Blasphemy, The Codex, and Tyrannosaur Canyon. His nonfiction book The Monster of Florence is being made into a film starring George Clooney. Preston is an expert long-distance horseman, a member of the elite Long Riders Guild, and a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. He has traveled to remote parts of the world as an archaeological correspondent for The New Yorker. He also worked as an editor and writer at the American Museum of Natural History in New York and taught nonfiction writing at Princeton University. Preston is the Co-president of International Thriller Writers, and serves on the Governing Council of the Authors Guild.