Publisher's Synopsis
The compelling, dramatic series of white-knuckle encounters with a medley of wild animals keeps you turning the pages, feverish to know how Myfanwy manages to escape alive. A risk taker, she likes living life on the edge and in this adventure-packed memoir, you'll discover how in the remote forests, deserts, and oceans of Australia, she sidestepped death not once but multiple times. If you fear snakes, spiders, sharks or dogs, this book is for you.
These stories span her childhood to adult encounters. They include incidents while traveling with her family to remote locations in Australia, to close calls with wild animals during biological fieldwork in Kakadu National Park in the Northern Territory. Other incidents happened while surfing and riding her beloved horse. Myfanwy's curiosity and depth of understanding the behaviour of animals, is reflected in the way she describes these contacts with wild animals. Her stories interweave a love of animals and nature, with adrenalin and adventure. Reviews- Maria said of Cujo- the Attack "I could picture it as if I was there".
- John said of El Toro - "Very clever and brave - El bloody Toro made me laugh aloud. What amazing bush experiences of wildness you have had - so exceedingly rare - I am jealous. I also learnt that you need agility to catch Rock Possums, so that's one career lost to me."
- Ben - "Great stories about spideys, I love them myself!"
- Bronwyn said of Eaten Alive- "Fantastic story!"
- Angela said of Eaten Alive - "Oh wow a compelling story! Interesting behaviours demonstrated in the part of both fish and human!"
