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The author describes her trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo with her fiance to study orphaned bonobos in an animal sanctuary. Describes the physical characteristics and behavior of bonobos, the human suffering in the region, and the bond she develops with the animals, her new husband, and the country.

Traces how a Discovery Channel writer and her scientist fianc? settled in a bonobo sanctuary in war-torn Congo, where their research enabled greater understanding of the characteristics and largely peaceful culture of the rare ape that shares 98.7 percent of human DNA.