Table of Contents
Authors' Note vii
Foreword Dr. Jane Goodall, DBE ix
Prologue A Spot of Tea and an Escapee 1
Chapter 1 Growing Up in a Land of Broken Hearts 5
Chapter 2 Houseboy Finds Halfway House 19
Chapter 3 Apocalypse Looms 34
Chapter 4 Freedom Flights and Homelessness 47
Chapter 5 Courting Death-Choosing Life 62
Chapter 6 An Island of Shells … and Chimps 76
Chapter 7 Reputation, Integration, and Chimp Tales 91
Chapter 8 What Family Means 110
Chapter 9 Culture Shocks, Candy, and Commendations 126
Chapter 10 What Is Justice? 141
Chapter 11 Moving On 155
Chapter 12 Working in Eden 169
Chapter 13 Riding the Same Truck 184
Helping Chimps 194
Acknowledgments 199