Urn:oclc:798993319 Republisher_date 20171219154119 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 910 Scandate 20171219001932 Scanner Scanningcenter hongkong Top_six true Tts_version v1. Urn:lcp:weboughtzooamazi00benj:lcpdf:32de5498-8007-444a-b3ca-df3a5bf6b053 Extramarc University of Michigan Foldoutcount 0 Identifier weboughtzooamazi00benj Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t6546vc1d Invoice 1213 Isbn 9781602861572ġ602861579 Ocr_converted abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.20 Ocr_module_version 0.0.17 Openlibrary_edition Containerid_2 X0008 Donorīurlingamepubliclibrary External-identifier Ben found himself juggling the daunting responsibilities of managing the park’s staff and finances, while holding the bailiffs at bay and caring for his wife.Ī moving and entertaining story of courage and a family’s attempts to rebuild a zoo, and carry on after Katherine’s tragic death.Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 18:33:36 Bookplateleaf 0002 Boxid IA1161602 Boxid_2 CH129925 City New York, N.Y. What they weren’t prepared for was Katherine’s devastating second brain cancer diagnosis. With over 200 exotic animals to care for - including an African lion, a wolf pack, a Brazilian tapir, and a jaguar - Ben’s hands, and those of his wife, children, and tiny team of keepers, were full.

When Ben and his wife Katherine sold their small flat in Primrose Hill, upped sticks with their children, and invested their savings into a dilapidated zoo on the edge of Dartmoor, they were prepared for a challenge and a momentous change in all their lives.

Seeking a fresh start for him and his two mourning children, Benjamin buys and endeavors to save the. Benjamin Mee (Matt Damon) and his children struggle to move forward in life after the death of their dear wife and mother. I bought this because I genuinely loved the movie, and I was intrigued when I found out that the true story movie was actually based on a book. Set in Southern California, a father moves his young family to the countryside to renovate and re-open a struggling zoo. We Bought a Zoo is about one young family, a broken down zoo, and the wild animals that changed their lives forever. Rating Out of 5: 4.5 (Amazing, but not quite perfect) My Bookshelves: BBC, Book to Film, Memoirs, Nature. An amazing true story that has inspired the major Hollywood motion picture this Christmas, to be repackaged for release alongside the film. A former British newspaper columnist describes how he uprooted his family to the English countryside and purchased a dilapidated zoo, home to more than two hundred exotic animals, which he planned to refurbish and reopen as a family business, a scheme complicated by a lack of money, skeptical. A film tie-in edition to 20th Century Fox’s film adaptation of the heartwarming international best seller starring Scarlett Johansson and Matt Damon and directed by Oscar-winning director Cameron Crowe.

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