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Title: Taken in ........ but only for awhile
Review: I recently checked this book on tape out of our local library, listening intently as I drove through the countryside.Seemingly implausible at the start, I found myself taken in by the message of "the real people" who live off the land, healing with plants, using senses other than the commonly known five in order to make their way through the outback of Australia ..... and on and on. Indeed, it is a fantastic tale.However, the last line of the edition to which I listened summed up the entire book for me as far as the "truth or fiction" question is concerned. The very final words are that the author had learned to use (among other things) the "magic of illusion." In the instant that I heard those words I realized the author had just described the nature of her writing. One hundred percent illusion.A poorly written, fantastic tale? Yes. An illusion? Even moreso!
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