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The Zookeeper's Wife

Diane Ackerman

Start date: April 15, 2015

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Aug 12, 2008 Pam rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: nonfiction

09/20/08
TITLE/AUTHOR: THE ZOOKEEPER'S WIFE by Diane Ackerman
RATING: 4/B
GENRE/PUB DATE/# OF PGS: NonFiction/2007/323 Pgs
TIME/PLACE: 1930's/Poland
FIRST LINES: At dawn in an outlying district of Warsaw, sunlight swarmed around the trunks of blooming linden trees & crept up the white walls of a 1930s stucco & glass villa where the zoo director & his wife slept in a bed crafted from white birch, a pale wood used in canoes, tongue depressors, & Windsor chairs.

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Nov 13, 2011 Andy Plonka rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Not just a zoo story but the story of a family that ran the zoo in Warsaw, Poland and how they survived the war. Shows the cohesiveness of the Polish people no matter what their religious beliefs.

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Apr 16, 2015 Linda rated it it was amazing

Just an awesome read. Loved it.

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Aug 01, 2010 Jayme Pendergraft rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2010

Another unique view point of World War Two. Not the best I've read, but certainly a good story. ...more

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Feb 24, 2016 superawesomekt rated it liked it

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I don't think I will ever reread this one, but it certainly whet my appetite to learn more about the Polish underground and resistance during World War II. I enjoyed the animals as well. Added rich imagery to the book. ...more

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