The People in the Trees China Eleanor Farjeon

Eleanor Farjeon

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The People in the Trees China Eleanor FarjeonHanya Yanagihara In 1950, a young doctor called Norton Perina signs on with the anthropologist Paul Tallent for an expedition to the remote Micronesian island of Ivu'ivu in search of a rumored lost tribe. They succeed, finding not only that tribe but also a group of forest dwellers they dub "The Dreamers", who turn out to be fantastically long lived but progressively more senile. Perina suspects the source of their longevity is a hard to find turtle;