Floreana is a fascinating memoir that was first published in Germany in 1959.
I read this memoir many years ago and have lent it out to many friends and relatives. It led to my love of memoirs.
Margret Wittmer was one of the original settlers of Floreana Island located in the Galapagos. Wittmer, her husband Heinz, and her stepson Harry moved to Floreana Island in 1932, following the arrival of German doctor Friedrich Ritter and his wife, Dore Strauch. Wittmer was in the fourth month of her first pregnancy, and she gave birth to a son and a daughter while living on the island.
There is a new movie based on this book titled EDEN which will be released in the US in August 2025. Sydney Sweeney plays Margret Wittmer.
From Wikipedia: Eden is a 2024 American survival thriller film directed by Ron Howard and written by Noah Pink from a story by Pink and Howard. It stars Ana de Armas, Vanessa Kirby, Sydney Sweeney, Jude Law, Daniel Brühl, Felix Kammerer, Toby Wallace and Richard Roxburgh. The film is based on the true story of a few European settlers arriving at Floreana Island, in the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador.
The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 7, 2024 and was released theatrically in Germany on April 3, 2025 by Leonine before a U.S. theatrical release by Vertical on August 22, 2025.
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