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WE BOUGHT A ZOO
THE AMAZING TRUE STORY OF A YOUNG FAMILY, A BROKEN DOWN ZOO, AND THE 200 WILD ANIMALS THAT CHANGED THEIR LIVES FOREVER |
| By: |
Benjamin Mee |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| List price:
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£8.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1602860955 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781602860957 |
| Publisher: |
WEINSTEIN BOOKS |
| Pages: |
304 |
| Description: |
In the tradition of "Marley & Me" comes an unforgettable memoir about the mysteries of the animal kingdom, the power of family, and the triumph of hope over tragedy, in this chronicle of the Mee family's purchase of the Dartmoor Wildlife Park, a dilapidated zoo in the English countryside. |
| Synopsis: |
The remarkable true story of a family who move into a rundown zoo-already a BBC documentary miniseries and excerpted in The Guardian . In the market for a house and an adventure, Benjamin Mee moved his family to an unlikely new home: a dilapidated zoo in the English countryside. Mee had a dream to refurbish the zoo and run it as a family business. His friends and colleagues thought he was crazy. But in 2006, Mee and his wife with their two children, his brother, and his 76-year-old mother moved into the Dartmoor Wildlife Park. Their 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 and would-be ninja, who has devised a long term escape plan and implemented it. Nothing was easy, given the family's lack of experience as zookeepers, and what follows is a magical exploration of the mysteries of the animal kingdom, the power of family, and the triumph of hope over tragedy. We Bought a Zoo is a profoundly moving portrait of an unforgettable family living in the most extraordinary circumstances. |
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US |
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Weinstein Books |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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