If you pick up this book, with it's obviously fuzzy/inspirational/animal-loving content, than you will like it. If you're even mildly interested, Terri quickly sweeps you along with a professional account of some of her more significant experiences. I found fire, flood, even bigger flood, and the Exxon Valdez oil spill to be fascinating in their own ways.

She intersperses specific stories of certain animals throughout. Just enough to keep your heartstrings taut, but never pulled too tight.

I actually liked the writing style a lot. Terri confides some very personal experiences (divorced, marriage, child birth, job changes) with a slightly detached view and then calmly moves on. And since you come to admire this woman, and her life is very relevant to her work, you actually care about these sidetracks. It gives a more comprehensive view.

Terri tries to be fair to all the people she's met throughout, even those that are hard not to condemn, and lavishes praises those who have helped.

This book really does inspire you to get off your butt and start doing something. Like she says, even an afternoon is well appreciated. And it can be as simple as calling up or driving to your local humane society.

Terri has obviously pulled an unusual balancing act on her life, putting work as a 3rd priority, and setting up family so it can be set as a 2nd priority when disasters strike. Not many could do it, and it's interesting to see how this one woman did. The various hardships and sacrifices she describes give the experiences some realistic ground.

Great lines:
"Sally and I couldn't help staring. Neither of us had seen anyone this clean in days."

"What did he do?"
"He shot the dog. Just...shot him."