Inspired by our book recommendation, Life of Pi by Yann Martel, we are exploring the very real survival story of Steven Callahan, who, through a series of unfortunate events and immense survival skills, survived 76 days lost at sea.

Book Link-

https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/life-of-pi-by-yann-martel/246634/?resultid=b0ef5ada-4698-4579-8981-c45cec1c5813#edition=2348691&idiq=1470226

Sources-

• Adrift, 76 Days Lost at Sea. by Steven Callahan. First Mariner Books Edition,

2002.

• https://www.sailingeurope.com/blog/survival-at-sea-the-thrilling-story-of-steve-

callahan

• https://www.npr.org/2013/02/24/172632549/real-life-shipwreck-survivor-helped-

life-of-pi-get-lost-at-sea

• https://www.boatus.com/expert-advice/expert-advice-

archive/2012/december/behind-the-scenes-with-the-original-pi

• https://youtu.be/uUyt_iW9dVk?si=3QXM1nJIWnkxgmFf (I Shouldn’t be Alive

episode)

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Callahan

• https://edition.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/sailing/04/22/clam.ppl/index.html

In this episode of Isn't She Fictional, inspired by our book recommendation, None of This is True by Lisa Jewell, we are taking a trip to the U.K. to examine the unfortunate and true story of the Winterbourne View abuse scandal. Winterbourne View was a facility where individuals with autism and learning disabilities were sent against their will and their caretakers will under the order of the Mental Health Act of 1985, but instead of receiving proper care, they were gravely mistreated and abused.

Book Link-

https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/untitled-a-novel_lisa-jewell/37521314/?resultid=769380b0-7dd0-4d8a-b173-091c8d509d3e#edition=65484195&idiq=58925257

Sources-

https://www.mind.org.uk/ (UK Mental Health Resource)

https://autismsociety.org/ (US Autism Resource)

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAUkzWFFdqQ (BBC Panorama film

report)

• https://www.spectrumnews.org/news/u-k-government-faces-lawsuit-over-

mistreatment-of-autistic-people/

• https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-bristol-20078999

• https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-bristol-20084254

• https://www.anncrafttrust.org/learning-disability-and-autism-no-longer-to-be-

listed-as-a-mental-health-

disorder/#:~:text=Currently%20people%20with%20a%20learning,This%20is%20

set%20to%20change.

• https://www.mind.org.uk/about-us/our-policy-work/mental-health-act-review/

• https://www.local.gov.uk/publications/get-act-mental-health-act-

2022#:~:text=(LPS)%20scheme.-

,The%20new%20Mental%20Health%20Act%20proposals,compulsory%20treatm

ent%20under%20section%203.

• https://post.parliament.uk/research-briefings/post-pn-0695/

• https://historicengland.org.uk/research/inclusive-heritage/disability-history/1832-

1914/

• https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-bristol-20092894 (full list of sentencing)

• https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-bristol-19990628

Episode two of Isn't She Fictional, inspired by the book There There by Tommy Orange, looks back at the multiple occupations of Alcatraz Island and the indigenous history surrounding the rock and the fight for land back.

link to the book-

https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/there-there_tommy-orange/18599686/#edition=19795318&idiq=29351443

Sources-

• Heart of the Rock. The Indian Invasion of Alcatraz by Adam Fortunate Eagle.

in collaboration with Tim Findley. University of Oklahoma Press. 2002.

• https://ltbbodawa-nsn.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/The-Creation-Story-Turtle-Island.pdf

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEmae2PsWJI

•https://ospi.k12.wa.us/sites/default/files/2023-08/1969-alcatraz-hs.pdf

• https://www.nps.gov/alca/learn/historyculture/we-hold-the-rock.htm

• https://www.legendsofamerica.com/ca-alcatraz/

• https://www.britannica.com/place/Alcatraz-Island

In the first episode of Isn't She Fictional our book recommendation is The Lost Apothecary by Sara Penner. For our topic, we are taking a Magic School Bus ride back to 17th-century Italy, the criminal magic underworld, and one of the most notorious slow-acting poisons of the time: Aqua Tofana.

Book link-

https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/the-lost-apothecary-a-novel_sarah-penner/26594046/?resultid=1ab12f9d-f357-45ab-800b-e03d223aa08a#edition=59453629&idiq=52061496

Sources-

Toxicology in the Middle Ages and Renaissance. by Philip Wexler. Academic Press. 2017

https://mikedashhistory.com/2015/04/06/aqua-tofana-slow-poisoning-and-husband-killing-in-17th-century-italy/

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/B9780128095546000068