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Ferdie Luthy
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Edmund Breckin
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Deep within the canals of Mexico City's Xochimilco region there is a hidden island named la Isla de las Munecas, the Island of the Dolls. Tales of whispering dolls, decaying and hanging from the island has been drawing tourists to the island for years. Don Julian, the man who inhabited the island, often spoken of evil spirits on the island, and he collected 1500 dolls during his lifetime to appease these evil spirits. In 2001, Don Julian was found dead on the island. This book looks at the legend and history of the island, and allows the listener to decide whether the island is charmed, or as some claim, cursed.
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- Steph M
- 05-10-24
Interesting
I did not like the performance. I felt like there was barely any pause. I also did not like the pronunciation of Spanish of words at all. The book was almost rushed, more history of the area and collector of dolls could have been written.
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- Vicki
- 01-13-20
Great info, cringey pronunciations
very interesting to learn about, but I was surprised at how bad the author pronounced a lot of the Spanish words. Ma-noo-kas instead of moon-yay-kas? How did that get past editing lol
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- Sandy B
- 01-08-19
Well researched
I enjoyed this. I wish there had been more experiences related but the title did say consise. Certainly an interesting topic to many.
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