| Sumario: | Focuses on the book "Mutant Message Down Under," by Marlo Morgan, and addresses the misconceptions about Australian Indigenous culture that individuals get from reading the book. Circumstances surrounding the inspiration for the book, which is a fabrication; Fictional stories Morgan told individuals in the United States about her experiences while in Australia; Plot of the book, which features an American woman who is kidnapped by Australian Aboriginal people; Recount of how the book nearly got published by Stillpoint Publishing, part of the Stillpoint School of Advanced Energy Healing in Walpole (N.H.); Qualms that Stillpoint had about the book's veracity; How Candice Fuhrman, a literary agent, got involved in the publication of the book and got HarperCollins to publish it; Examples of corrections made to the original text; Morgan's press tour to promote the book; Criticisms of the book; Confrontation between Aboriginal people and Morgan.
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