When I Fell From The Sky
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When I Fell From The Sky
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When I Fell From The Sky
Soon to be a film: Girl Who Fell from the Sky, starring Game of Thrones' Sophie Turner. The amazing true story of the sole survivor of a plane crash and her 11-day trek through the Peruvian rainforest back to civilisation.
Soon to be a major film starring Game of Thrones' Sophie Turner - Girl Who Fell From the Sky
On December 24th 1971, the teenage Juliane boarded the packed flight in Peru to meet her father for Christmas. She and her mother fought to get some of the last seats available and felt thankful to have made the flight. The LANSA airplane flew into a heavy thunderstorm and went down in the dense Amazon jungle, hundreds of miles from civilisation.
She fell two miles from the sky, still strapped to her plane seat, into the jungle. She was the sole survivor among the 92 passengers, which included her mother. Juliane's unexplainable survival has been called a modern-day miracle.
With incredible courage, instinct and ingenuity, she crawled and walked alone for 11 days in the green hell of the Amazon. She survived using the skills she'd learned in assisting her parents on their research trips into the jungle before coming across a logger's hut, and, with it, safety. Now she tells her fascinating story for the first time and shares not only the private moments of her survival and rescue but her inspiring life in the wake of the disaster.
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Juliane Koepcke's memoir is praised as a gripping and enthralling account of her survival following a plane crash and describes her unusual childhood. Critics highlight its compelling narrative and the exhilarating writing style, portraying her journey through the jungle under harsh conditions and her eventual rescue. The story captures both the harrowing adventure and her inspiring life, making it a captivating read.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781857885835
Publisher: John Murray Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 19 March 2012
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Nicholas Brealey Publishing
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 19.0mm
Width: 137.0mm
Height: 215.0mm
Weight: 256g
Pages: 256
About the Author
Juliane Koepcke grew up in Lima and the rainforest, where her parents founded the Panguana ecological research station. She earned a doctoral degree in biology and works for the Bavarian State Collection of Zoology in Munich. Juliane is continually drawn back to the terrain that threatened to take her, returning to Peru every year where she runs Panguana, which she is working to expand and turn into a nature reserve. She recently received the prestigious Corine Literature Prize for her book. Her incredible story was documented in the film Wings of Hope, directed by Werner Herzog.
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