If you want a riveting read try LUCY by Laurence Gonzales.
It is about a half human, half pygmy chimpanzee who has wonderful human characteristics as well as the instincts
that the animals have. She is a beautiful girl who has been adopted by a scientist who was working in the Congo
where Lucy's father was killed and she and the girl were forced to flee to the United States.
I can't tell you anymore without ruining the story. I read
it in one session this afternoon. Your library probably has
it. It is kind of rare to get a good book these days.

My Harpers Bazaar came to day with an interesting story
about Wallis Warfield Simpson who made such a splash in the
thirties when a King abdicated his throne for her. She was
a very plain woman with a great taste in clothes and it is
said that she had a knowledge of exotic oriental sexual
arts. She often ate only one boiled egg a day to keep
herself thin.

I can remember it being discussed when I was a child. It
was such a scandel.