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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 |  | Author: Benjamin Mee
Publisher: Perseus Books Group
Category: eBooks
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Rating:  14 reviews
Format: Kindle Book
Media: Kindle Edition
Edition: 1
Pages: 272
Number Of Items: 1
Dewey Decimal Number: 590.7342353092
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Product Description
Benjamin Mee decided to uproot his family and move them to an unlikely new home: a dilapidated zoo on the English countryside, complete with over 200 exotic animals. It was his dream to refurbish the zoo and run it as a family business. There was much work to be done, and none of it easy. Tigers broke loose, money ran low, the staff grew skeptical, and family tensions ran high. Then tragedy struck. His wife had a recurrence of a brain tumor, forcing Benjamin and his children to face the heartbreak of illness and the devastating loss of a wife and mother. But inspired by her memory and the healing power of the incredible family of animals they had grown to love, Benjamin and his kids resovled to move forward. The Mee family opened the gates of the revitalized zoo in July 2007.
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 Lynn Rosen Interviews Author Benjamin Mee about, "We Bought a Zoo" September 26, 2008
Judith Keenan (Toronto Canada)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R1JP7QHURGKT20 BENJAMIN MEE, former journalist, father, son and now Zoo Director recounts the poignant, funny, charming, scary transistion from being a guy with a regular family to a gentleman with an very, very extended family.
Shot live at Book Expo America for MovingStories.TV, hosted by Lynn Rosen (Open Book), courtesy of Weinstein Books. MovingStories.TV is made available to the members of Canadian Booksellers Association in collaboration with the CBA.
For More go to lynnrosen.com and movingstories.tv.
(c) BookShorts Moving Stories 2008
Lions and tigers and bears oh my! October 19, 2008
Mary G. Longorio (Eagle Mountain, UT)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Benjamin Mee has finally settled his family in a French barn/house and has settled in to write a book when his father dies and his siblings begin to consider purchasing a zoo. His 76 year old mother supports this idea, but negotiations fall apart and each sibling returns to their lives. Mee and his wife Katherine and son Milo and daughter Ella are busy with daily life when a health problem strikes Katherine and the Mee family is just trying to survive. In the midst of this the zoo becomes available again and after protracted negotiations and countless compromises the family, minus one brother purchase the zoo which they rename Dartmoor Wildlife Park.
Life at the zoo is a continuing series of struggles as the family tries to return the park to a financial success. The children and the staff come to respect and love the animals. Of course there are unexpected crisis...escaping cats, sick animals, sick family and the countless health inspections. We Bought a Zoo is a delightful glimpse into what it takes to run a small private zoo and a glimpse of what might be referred to as the eccentricity of the British. I appreciated the honest account of one family's plunge into chasing a dream. While the story sometimes holds the reader at arm's length, it is a heartwarming read.
Wonderful book! October 31, 2008
Kathy V-M (Cedar Hills, UT)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I felt like I was right alongside the author and his family as they experienced the adventure of buying their own zoo. Very well written, poignant and so much fun!
Love this book! November 16, 2008
C. Perkins (New Jersey)
This is a terrific book. Probably because it is something I always wished I could do.
The true story of a young family who bought a broken down zoo with 200 wild animals December 15, 2008
Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA)
This true story of a young family who bought a broken down zoo with 200 wild animals and how they managed to revive their family and the zoo makes for a powerful memoir to fascinate any interested in wildlife management. The zoo was located in the English countryside and author Mee, who specializes in animal behavior, had a dream to run it as a family business. His family efforts and the engaging stories of zoo residents who sometimes proved a challenge makes for fascinating reading. General-interest lending libraries will love it.
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