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So much about The Five Lost Days appeals to my adventurous side. Taking place in Belize, a small Latin American country I long to see, it focuses on Michael Burns, a documentary film director who takes his crew to the jungles to film a “curandero”. Curanderos are a sort of Mayan medicine man, close to extinction. Their focus on herbs and medicinal plants only heightened my fascination with the book.
Kelly, an American who lives in the jungle with distant pot-smoking rebel husband Frank, works for an American pharmaceutical company. She was sent to Belize ten years previous to study the healing plants; in her love for the jungle and a deep affection for the elderly curandero, she stays on much longer than she’d originally intended.
As Burns soon finds out, the five days he’s scheduled to film are considered in Mayan tradition to be The Five Lost Days – an evil time Mayans of the old ways see fit to stay home and wait out in fear But the show must go on… if Burns can help it.
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So many reasons to read this book. The picture of the leaf on the cover makes me want to peak inside to discover the story. I am an herbalist so I am intrigued by the plant discoveries. The woman has the same name as I do and her her husband is similar and mine is not a pharmaceutical rep:) I am very interested in Mayan culture and recently went to Chichen Itza and Tulum to check it out. Sounds like a fun read!
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It sounds like an offbeat read – just what I like.
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This book would let me learn about the Mayans, a group I know almost
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The book sounds interesting.
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Just to let you know the link sent me to an error page. I’m a sahm and now more then ever, I need great adventures to pull me out of my everyday world like this.
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I am needing a new book and this would be great…thank you!!
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We go camping a lot. Maybe I could learn some important things.
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I’m thirst for a good book and this sond great.
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I am fascinated with jungles. I love books that introduce me to the different aspects of them. This way I can “travel” to these jungles, but not deal with the humidity and the monstrous bugs! Thanks for letting me know about this book!
want to win this it sounds like a good read
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Based on the description, I still can’t exactly figure out we what the plot is, but Im still extremely interested in reading this.
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It seems like my kind of a book and I need something good to read next.
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What a fun armchair travel book
this would be.
I would love to read this book because the reviews for it make it sound very interesting!
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I love to read and this is different than what I usually read.
I’m interested in the Maya and would like to read this.
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I would love the chance to win, thanks.
I love this type of stuff and non fiction books are at the top of my list!
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I would love to read about the mayan culture within a story.
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Great looking book…would love to win.
I believe this would be a great read!
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I love reading books about different cultures. This sounds like a good novel.
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Nice Review,sounds like an interesting book
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