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WHEN THIS STORY BEGINS ONLY 2% OF THE AMAZON JUNGLE LIES FLATTENED.
AT THE END AT LEAST 20%.
TODAY UP TO 30% AND STILL FALLING.
AMAZON, BRAZIL 1965. The government offers land and money to those brave enough to travel 2000 kilometres to make a new life in the jungle.
A brave young woman, Idenea, and her family are given a 50 hectare plot and begin clearing 40 metre high trees. Malaria is rampant; Indians watch; life is hard. When her baby is stolen, she is forced to flee in search of her child.
Nearby is an unlikely ally. Bobby, an ex British soldier, has turned to ranching to hide from the demons of his past. Meeting in the Perfect Peace Motel they fall in love. He tries to protect her from slavery and his troubled history.
Full of reckless youth, they build a life together. But when political violence strikes can their love survive?
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‘Red Road Green beautifully and brutally captures the tough era when settlers and cattle ranchers plunged into the forests of the Brazilian Amazon...’JOHN HEMMING – DIRECTOR OF THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY 1975 TO 1996.
‘The description of the forest with all its beauty and wilderness is incredibly vivid and moving...’MAIZA LUIZA RONDON –
GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER OF MARSHALL CANDIDO RONDON, FOUNDER OF THE INDIAN PROTECTION SERVICE NOW FUNAI.
‘A thrilling and timely book about a critically important subject...’ROBIN HANBURY-TENISON –
PART FOUNDER AND NOW
PRESIDENT OF SURVIVAL INTERNATIONAL.
‘The contrast between the nobleness of purpose of some, and the darker side of human nature of others, reminds me of Graham Greene.’NICHOLAS READE, SÃO PAULO.
Author Biography
Young and idealistic Jonathan Franklin left rural Suffolk to work in Brazil. After a few years in an investment bank in Rio, he bought into land in the Amazon. This was a very different world.
He soon learned that beneath the colourful mosaic of races, religions and cultures was a strong undercurrent of greed, unprincipled politics and violent crime. Spending much of his time in the Amazon, he became acutely aware of the plight of the indigenous people and the destruction of the Rain Forest.
It led him to write his first work of fiction, Red Road Green, in the hope of raising awareness of an impending tragedy that will affect us all.
Jonathan Franklin's first book, Two Owls at Eton, was described as a classic of wildlife writing. It went straight to the best seller list and stayed there for several weeks. Republished in 2016 it was a best seller all over again.
Sparsile Books
Sparsile Books is an independent publisher, based in Glasgow, specialising in high quality fiction and non-fiction. We see publishing as an art in itself, and work closely with our authors to ensure that the books we publish give readers a unique vision of the world. Since our beginning in 2018, we have been fortunate to discover some truly exceptional writers, and look forward to developing many more.
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- Publisher Sparsile Books
- Publication Date May 2022
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- ISBN/Identifier 9781914399909 / 1914399909
- Publication Country or regionUnited Kingdom
- FormatHardback
- ReadershipGeneral
- Publish StatusUnpublished
- Original Language TitleEnglish
- Original Language AuthorsEnglish
- Copyright Year2022
- Page size9x6 (9x6) inches
- Illustrationyes
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