The Zookeeper's Wife A War Story
Publisher: National Geographic Books, September 17, 2007.
Edition: Movie Tie-in
Book Condition: New
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 9780393354256
The New York Times bestseller is now a major motion picture starring Jessica Chastain.
1939: The Germans invaded Poland. The keepers of the Warsaw zoo, Jan and Antonina Zabinski, survive the bombardment of the city, only to see the occupiers ruthlessly kill many of their animals. The Nazis then carried off the prized specimens to Berlin for their program to create the “purest” breeds, much as they saw themselves as the purest human race. Opposed to all that the Nazis represented, the Zabinskis risked their lives by hiding Jews in the now-empty animal cages, saving as many as three hundred people from extermination. Acclaimed, best-selling author Diane Ackerman, fascinated by both the Zabinskis’ courage and Antonina’s incredible sensitivity to all living beings, tells a moving and dramatic story of the power of empathy and the strength of love.
A Focus Features release, it is directed by Niki Caro and written by Angela Workman.
Review
Diane Ackerman has surpassed even herself in her latest book, which is alternately funny, moving, and terrifying. -- Jared Diamond, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Guns, Germs, and Steel
I can't imagine a better story or storyteller. The Zookeeper's Wife will touch every nerve you have. -- Jonathan Safran Foer, author of Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close and Everything is Illuminated
Stunning….Rarely does one read a book in which the author and the heroine are so magically matched. -- Dava Sobel, author of The Planets and Galileo's Daughter
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