This adult memoir was an interesting read, but I don’t think it’s something high school students will fight over. Sabine’s parents were linguists who went to live with the Fayu in Indonesia. Saine, her sister, and her brother grew up among the natives, learning to hunt and survive in the jungle, while teaching the native children how to play and laugh. Throughout their time in the jungle, the German missionaries encouraged the Fayu to be less violent and more loving. Sabine started to feel differently when her native friends began getting married. She ended up going to a private boarding school to become a lady.
The end of the memoir deals with her depression. She attempted suicide at one low point in her life because she didn’t feel at home in the civilized world or in the jungle. Like the subtitle of the book states, she was caught between two worlds.
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