RUTHLESS RIVER Love and Survival by Raft on the Amazon's Relentless Madre de Dios

A honeymoon trip to South America turns into a nightmare for the author and her husband in 1973. Stranded in the jungle after their plane crashes, Holly and Gerald "Fitz" FitzGerald decide to take a raft to Bolivia. Jorjeana Marie narrates their journey using intonations to identify the few people they encounter. The trip is mostly Holly and Fitz alone, and the narration emphasizes the anguish, frustration, and helplessness they feel throughout their ordeal. Marie's narration brings all the emotions to bear as the couple struggle together while they are stranded for almost a month. M.B. © AudioFile 2017, Portland, Maine [Published: OCTOBER 2017]