The Zookeeper's Wife A true story--as powerful as "Schindler's List"--in which the keepers of the Warsaw Zoo saved hundreds of people from Nazi hands. Full description
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When Germany invaded Poland, Stuka bombers devastated Warsaw and the city s zoo along with it. With most of their animals dead, zookeepers Jan and Antonina Zabinski began smuggling Jews into empty cages. Another dozen guests hid inside the Zabinskis' villa. Jan, active in the Polish resistance, kept ammunition buried in the elephant enclosure and stashed explosives in the animal hospital. Meanwhile, Antonina kept her unusual household afloat, caring for both its human and its animal inhabitants: otters, a badger, hyena pups, lynxes... With her exuberant prose and exquisite sensitivity to the natural world, Diane Ackerman breathes fresh life into a forgotten tale from the Second World War. The result is an extraordinary, uplifting tale of heroism and survival.
'I can't imagine a better story or storyteller. The Zookeeper's Wife will touch every nerve you have' JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER-- 'Diane Ackerman has surpassed even herself... This powerful thriller would be a great novel- except that it happens to be true' JARED DIAMOND-- 'Ackerman has succeeded in a vivid, cinematically written book that's bound to find its way to the screen... A gorgeous account of cunning and compassion' SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE-- 'An extraordinarily moving story' WASHINGTON POST-- 'Stunning. Ackerman tells the story with a perfect rapport for its main characters, both human and animal.' DAVA SOBEL --*
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