The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story by Diane Ackerman

Memoir
Warsaw zookeepers Jan and Antonia Zabinski shelter the homeless of many species in a war story set during the German occupation. Antonia's unusual understanding of animal behavior enables her to keep peace in a household illegally sheltering a continually changing assortment of fugitives from the ruthless predators loose in the streets. She soothes the frightened and beguiles the savage while confessing her fears secretly to a diary on which the book is based.

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