Flyaway
How a Wild Bird Rehabber Sought Adventure and Found Her Wings
On Sale: 03/16/2010
Flyaway
How a Wild Bird Rehabber Sought Adventure and Found Her Wings
On Sale: 03/16/2010
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About the Book
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.
Critical Praise
“Charms, delights, and educates while providing a fascinating tale of love and devotion to the feathered creatures that share our increasingly crowded world.” — Joanna Burger, author of The Parrot Who Owns Me
“Unique and engaging . . . [Gilbert] shows reveals in elegant prose how every creature has value, and how a voice for one is voice for all.” — Lyanda Lynn Haupt, author of Rare Encounters with Ordinary Birds
“Fascinating . . . . A testament to the challenges we all face when we love another being.” — Stacey O'Brien, author of Wesley the Owl
“Readers will acquire education plenty from Gilbert’s discussions of the creatures she encounters and the challenges rehabbers face.” — Kirkus Reviews
“Gilbert’s prose reads easily, ushered along by her clear, knowledgeable explanations of biology, medicine, natural history, nutrition, and animal behavior. . . . Strongly recommended.” — Henry T. Armistead, Library Journal
“Funny and insightful. . . . Most of us see birds through binoculars and windows. Suzie Gilbert has entered their lives.” — Carl Zimmer, author of Microcosm: E. coli and the New Science of Life and Evolution: The Triumph of an Idea
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Product Details
- ISBN: 9780061563133
- ISBN 10: 0061563137
- Imprint: Harper Perennial
- On Sale: 03/16/2010
- Pages: 352
- List Price:18.50 CAD
- BISAC1 : BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
- BISAC2 : NATURE / Animals / Wildlife
- BISAC3 : BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women
- BISAC4 : NATURE / Birdwatching Guides