Flyaway - How a Wild Bird Rehabber Sought Adventure and Found Her Wings

Suzie Gilbert discovered her true calling when she began working at a local animal hospital. Eventually, she started bringing abused and unwanted parrots home, and volunteering at a local raptor rehabilitation center. From there it was a short flight to her ultimate commitment: Flyaway, Inc., the nonprofit wild bird rehabilitation center she ran out of her own home. With heart and delightful wit, Gilbert chronicles daily life in her household-cum-bird-hospital, and recounts the resulting chaos as she, her husband, and their two young children struggled to live in a home where parrots shrieked Motown songs and recuperating herons took over the spare bathroom. Flyaway is a remarkable story of compassion for and dedication to beautiful creatures--and the importance of pursuing even the most unlikely of dreams.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Suzie Gilbert
• Con la collaborazione di: Laura Westlake (Illustrazione)
• Editore: Harper Perennial USA
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 16.03.2010
• EAN: 9780061563133
• ISBN: 978-0-06-156313-3
• Pagine: 352
• Dimensioni: 135 mm x 203 mm x 20 mm
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi > Epistole, diari; Saggistica > Natura, tecnica > Natura: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Biologia > Zoologia; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia contemporanea (dal 1945 al 1989); Science: general issues, Biography: general, Memoirs, History of Science, Reference works, Ecological science, the Biosphere, Gender studies: women and girls, Nature and the natural world: general interest, Wildlife: birds and birdwatching: general interest, Biography: historical, political and military, The Earth: natural history: general interest, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Personal Memoirs, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Women, NATURE: Essays, NATURE: Animals / Wildlife, SCIENCE: Essays, SCIENCE: History, NATURE: Birdwatching Guides, HISTORY: Essays