false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181223348m/1128178.jpg 1128178 13 <B>A true story as powerful as <I>Schindler's List</I> in which the keepers of the Warsaw Zoo saved hundreds of people from Nazi hands.</B><BR><BR>When Germany invaded Poland, Stuka bombers devastated Warsaw and the city's zoo along with it. With most of their animals dead, zookeepers Jan and Antonina Zabinski began smuggling Jews into empty cages. Another dozen "guests" hid inside the Zabinskis' villa, emerging after dark for dinner, socializing, and, during rare moments of calm, piano concerts. Jan, active in the Polish resistance, kept ammunition buried in the elephant enclosure and stashed explosives in the animal hospital. Meanwhile, Antonina kept her unusual household afloat, caring for both its human and its animal inhabitants otters, a badger, hyena pups, lynxes.<BR><BR>With her exuberant prose and exquisite sensitivity to the natural world, Diane Ackerman engages us viscerally in the lives of the zoo animals, their keepers, and their hidden visitors. She shows us how Antonina refused to give in to the penetrating fear of discovery, keeping alive an atmosphere of play and innocence even as Europe crumbled around her. 8 pages of illustrations. 2915978 book 4 9 2007 The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story total:4460|5:1112|4:2159|3:1837|2:599|1:172| 4460 15393 8872 1551 2 13 false true Tue Mar 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Nov 14 12:49:32 -0800 2007 Tue Apr 22 01:33:30 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 9 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 08:52:26 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 13:55:11 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 6 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 29 13:52:02 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 29 15:21:57 -0800 2007 The narrative centers around Antonia Zabinski ...more...]]> 1 8 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 24 06:39:06 -0800 2008 Tue Apr 22 01:33:29 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 6 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 18 12:30:58 -0800 2008 Tue Apr 22 01:33:30 -0700 2008
Ackerman usually tackles very broad, amorphous subjects like love, the five senses, et...more...]]> 4 7 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 25 16:22:15 -0700 2007 Tue Apr 22 01:33:30 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 6 false false Sun Dec 21 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Mar 30 11:09:53 -0700 2008 Sun Dec 21 14:12:17 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 5 false false Sun Sep 09 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Dec 20 10:46:55 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 20 10:48:23 -0800 2008
There are many stories that continue to come out of the WW II experience, stories of courage, love and survival in the face of near hopeless situations inflicted upon the globe by Nazi Germany, and, thankfully, biographies of he...more...]]> 5 3 false false Mon Jul 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 08 12:42:11 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 07 12:02:05 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 2 false false Mon Jul 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 08:25:30 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 12:34:18 -0700 2009 The Zookeeper's Wife is a micro chasm book. This means that it deals with a small event and only that small event. It does help when reading this book if you have a good, working knowledge of Europe in WWII, in particular the Warsaw Uprising. Ackerman's greatest flaw in the book is that there is ...more...]]> 5 3 false false Fri Apr 17 16:15:47 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 09 23:01:18 -0700 2009 5 3 false false Sun Nov 30 09:13:40 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 12 11:21:29 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 30 09:13:40 -0800 2008 4 2 false false Wed Dec 10 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 09 11:20:49 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 10 13:04:22 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 3 false false Thu Jan 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 08 18:08:23 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 08 18:30:03 -0800 2009 more...]]> 1 2 false false Thu Mar 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 17 08:38:13 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 26 11:05:22 -0700 2009 One Book One San Diego, choice. I believe it got the vote because it is nonfiction and the other nominees (the outstanding Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close and Dave Eggers' What is the What) are fiction and there is a clear belief that people should ...more...]]> 3 2 false false Sat Dec 13 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 25 08:02:33 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 14 08:53:43 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 29 11:20:33 -0700 2008 Sun Nov 09 09:53:07 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Wed Jul 09 14:51:13 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 06 16:25:14 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 04 11:17:22 -0800 2008 Tue Apr 22 01:33:30 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 03 09:07:05 -0700 2007 Tue Apr 22 01:33:30 -0700 2008 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1128178