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Thanks to some of the cable networks, I was familiar with Juliane Diller Koepcke's story, and I really wanted to learn more about how she was the sole survivor of an airplane crash -- a pretty remarkable feat. And, while she does indeed touch on that, this book is really a more complete story of her life. She expends much more energy writing about her experiences growing up in the jungles of Peru, which allowed her to survive being dropped from the sky in the middle of nowhere, and then about her efforts to move past the crash, ultimately working toward getting her parents' research station designated a wildlife refuge.

While this isn't a bad book, I really felt mislead because of the title. Rather than reading about an accident and a survivor, the author goes to great lengths to convince herself and readers that it was only a blip on the radar. Even her efforts to write about the aftermath of the crash, particularly the loss of her mother and its impact on both her and her father, seem halfhearted. I'm sure she's an interesting person who doesn't want to be known solely for that long-ago accident, but this wasn't what I was expecting.


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When I Fell From the Sky Juliane Koepcke Ross Benjamin 9780983754701 Books Reviews

This story was so much more than that of the author being the sole surviver of an air crash, on Christmas eve in December of 1971. The author, born in Peru, of German parents, lived both in Lima, Peru and in the rain forest where her parents founded the Panguana ecological research station. Her father, Hans Wilhelm and mother Maria Koepcke zoologists and ornithologist, spent many years studying the variation of fauna and, bird life of the rain forest.
Having grown up in this environment, watching her parents research and learning about the jungle from them, helped her survive the crash( which her mother did not) when on a flight from Lima, Peru to Pucallpa. While returning from school in Lima to their jungle home for Christmas they flew into a very strong storm and were hit by lightning, and somehow being separated from the plane still in her seat, she survived against all odds.
This story goes back to where her parents first came to Peru in the late 1940's, their love of the country, birth of their daughter Juliane (the Author) and the many friends, scientist and locals that they were close with. Their studies, and trying to save the rain forest was their main goal, and they loved living there.
The author felt that the main legacy that her parents left her was that of (Never Instructing her; but that they imparted on her the respect for nature as a matter of course.) For me this was a story that was hard to put down.
I'll start off by saying that I love survival stories! I was so excited to read this true account of a young lady surviving all the odds, but I have to agree with other reviewers that it was a slow read. Lots of details about her family history that I'm sure will be a treasure for her family and their descendants, but feels like a lot of unnecessary info for the general reader. Would love to see movie about her experience though. What a brave lady!
An incredible survival story of falling into the jungle from an airliner thousands of feet in the sky! One has to read this book to realise what a unique survival memoir the author Juliane Diller has written. The story covers both the family history before and after the event as well as her personal challenges of it all. I found it an amazing read and recommend this book to those interested in adventure as well as personal tragedies. Read on .
This book was ok, but I thought it would center mainly on the accident, rescue and how the author was able to cope. It does cover those things, but a large part of the book focuses on the jungle, plants and animals and her parent’s work. I understand why she wanted that included, but to me, it wasn’t interesting and bogged down the book with an extra 100 pages.
This is not only a story of a young girl's survival from a plane crash, it is also an amazing look into part of the Peruvian rainforest. Brilliant descriptions of life in this rainforest including the flora and fauna, contribute to the important task of rainforest preservation. I hope the author's efforts to make Panguana a nature preserve succeeds for generations to come. Many thanks to Juliane Diller for her efforts in bringing this area to life for this reader.
I can't add much to the previous reviews. I felt the same disappointment that the actual 11-day trek to civilization was given such short shrift. I'd have liked more detail on that, like for example, there were logs floating in the river, but she chose to swim. Why? There are thousands of insects. None are edible? Or did she just not know them?

The book is mainly about her life and her relationship with and the importance of the rain forest and Panguana, the research station and now reserve established by her parents. (By the way, the reserve is currently under threat from nearby mining.)

I was confused a bit by the way she jumped around in time. If it were a movie, she'd be sitting thinking, and the scene would fade to gray and we'd know she was remembering, but in this book we often have no clue, until we think, "Wait a minute, I thought her mother was dead". Gah!

Most of my frustration stemmed from the lack of maps. She spends a lot of time describing the arduousness of the repeated trek from Lima to Panguana. I tried looking up some of the villages and rivers she mentioned, but apparently in Peru, many names are repeated, or rivers have different official names, or something, and I couldn't recreate a route that made sense. I found a website for Panguana (the research station), but the website gives no clue as to location, and online maps show a Panguana (a village) on a different river from the one she mentions. So, I want maps! A map showing the route through the mountains from Lima to Panguana. A map showing where the plane went down, and the route of her journey out. Seems like that would have been so easy, and so much more satisfying.
Thanks to some of the cable networks, I was familiar with Juliane Diller Koepcke's story, and I really wanted to learn more about how she was the sole survivor of an airplane crash -- a pretty remarkable feat. And, while she does indeed touch on that, this book is really a more complete story of her life. She expends much more energy writing about her experiences growing up in the jungles of Peru, which allowed her to survive being dropped from the sky in the middle of nowhere, and then about her efforts to move past the crash, ultimately working toward getting her parents' research station designated a wildlife refuge.

While this isn't a bad book, I really felt mislead because of the title. Rather than reading about an accident and a survivor, the author goes to great lengths to convince herself and readers that it was only a blip on the radar. Even her efforts to write about the aftermath of the crash, particularly the loss of her mother and its impact on both her and her father, seem halfhearted. I'm sure she's an interesting person who doesn't want to be known solely for that long-ago accident, but this wasn't what I was expecting.