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We Bought a Zoo by Benjamin Mee (Hardcover, 2008)
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'Chuck it all in and buy a zoo? Why not?' Thought Benjamin Mee, unaware of the grim living conditions, creditors and escaped big cat that lay in wait! A few years ago, Ben and his wife, Katherine, sold their small flat in Primrose Hill and moved to France to pursue their dream of restoring an old barn near Nimes. That dream then became much, much bigger for, last October, they moved with their two young children, Ben's 76-year-old mother and his brother, into a dilapidated zoo on the edge of Dartmoor which they had bought, and found themselves responsible for 200 animals including four huge tigers, lions, pumas, three massive bears, a tapir and a wolf pack. Ben's new extended family now included: Solomon, an African lion and scourge of the local golf course; Zak, the rickety Alpha wolf, a broadly benevolent dictator clinging to power; Ronnie, a Brazilian tapir, easily capable of killing a man, but hopelessly soppy; and Sovereign, a jaguar who is also a would-be ninja, and has devised a long term escape plan and implemented it. But tragedy struck when Katherine, who had had a vicious brain tuumor removed when they were living in France, began to experience symptoms again. The prognosis was poor, and so Ben found himself juggling the complexities of managing the zoo and getting it ready for re-opening, and at the same time having to care for his rapidly deteriorating wife, their two young children, and their ever growing menagerie of animals. Ben's story will both move and entertain -- charting, simultaneously, the family's attempts to improve the animals' lives, the build-up to the Zoo's official reopening, as well as Katherine's decline, her final days, and how the family went on.Product Identifiers
PublisherHarperCollins
ISBN-139780007274864
eBay Product ID (ePID)90009301
Product Key Features
Book TitleWe Bought a Zoo
AuthorBenjamin Mee
FormatHardcover
LanguageEnglish
TopicWildlife
Publication Year2008
GenreBiographies & True Stories
Number of Pages320 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height228mm
Item Width161mm
Item Weight538g
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorBenjamin Mee
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
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- 18 Oct, 2024
Delightful true story
Delightful story. And it's trueVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
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