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Hunger Moon Kindle Edition

by Ruth Francisco (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
3.6 3.6 out of 5 stars 12 ratings
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In 2003, an amateur naturalist and self-proclaimed protector of the grizzly bear traveled to Kaflia Bay in Alaska to live with the grizzlies for three months. His girlfriend joined him. On October 6, the mangled remains of their bodies were found eaten by a grizzly.

What happened exactly? Why would any man be so foolish as to try to live with wild grizzly bears? Why would a woman follow him? Why would they stay beyond a time when any sane person would have left? When the only grizzlies not headed toward their winter dens are insatiably hungry. Mean old bears. Aggressive bears.

Told from three perspectives—man, woman, and bear—this fictionalized account of historical events takes the story into the realm of mythology to explore our most essential fears, and our most elemental drive—hunger. Man hungers for purpose, hungers for fame, hungers for God. Woman hungers for romantic love, for a love that will give her life meaning. What happens if the Man mistakes the grizzly for God, if the Woman mistakes the Man for her white knight?

The grizzly allows no such mistakes. The grizzly knows only the hunger in its belly.
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B003WQAX3I
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ (November 21, 2013)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 21, 2013
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 670 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
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  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 173 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.6 3.6 out of 5 stars 12 ratings

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Ruth Francisco

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I tend to write novels that are a little controversial. I don't intend to, but a question grabs hold of my mind--Do we have a right to say no to medical technology? What would it be like to be Jackie Kennedy? What might happen if you found out you were adopted as an adult? What would it be like to live with grizzly bears? Where is Islamic extremism taking us?--and it won't let go. I have to explore it, I have to write about it.

Since my interests are varied, my books are varied, perhaps too much so. But whatever the theme, I always explore identity, trying to reconcile the physical and non-physical worlds. My characters respond sensually to the world as I do, they question and doubt. It would be easier to be a different kind of writer maybe. I hope you get something out of my little efforts.

I worked in the film industry for 15 years before selling my first novel “Confessions of a Deathmaiden” to Warner Books in 2003, followed by “Good Morning, Darkness,” which was selected by Publishers’ Weekly as one of the ten best mysteries of 2004, and “The Secret Memoirs of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.” I now have eight novels, including the best-seller “Amsterdam 2012,” published as an ebook. Whenever I have a chance, I write a short story that gets published in "The Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine." I currently live in Florida.

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3.6 out of 5 stars
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tjard
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Definitely a female author--all those "inner feelings" described in detail. I did like the story--just not the mushy parts that female authors put in every story.
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Tricia Bennett
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic! I couldn't put it down.
Reviewed in the United States on October 18, 2010
I found and bought this book last night, read it this afternoon and didn't want it to end.
What a compelling story. The author did a great job of telling the story from three points of view and making it sound so real.

I've often wondered what would make a man who was reasonably smart, well off and supposedly sane, throw it all away to live among wild animals, especially one of the most predatory and unpredictable of all. It can only end with one outcome.

It was brilliant of this writer to tell from three points of view and it worked beautifully. It was as though she was right there, watching it all unfold and savvy to what each of the participants was thinking at the time.

The descriptions were right on and beautiful. The thought processes of the young man were definitely all messed up and how does anyone think they are saving an animal by disturbing their way of life and how they interact with humans.

It is so apparent that this was written by a woman. Anger, swearing and screaming is how most men seem to try to cover up their inadequacies.

Well done, I loved it and off to see if Ruth Fancisco has any other books on Kindle.
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