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The Zookeeper's Wife

A War Story

By: Diane Ackerman

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Paperback | 7 February 2017

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384 Pages

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20.83 x 13.72 x 2.79

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Published: 17th September 2008

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In 1939 Poland, Antonina Zabinski (portrayed by two-time Academy Award nominee Jessica Chastain) and her husband, Dr. Jan Zabinski (Johan Heldenbergh), have the Warsaw Zoo flourishing under his stewardship and her care. When their country is invaded by the Nazis, Jan and Antonina are-and forced to report to the Reich's newly appointed chief zoologist, Lutz Heck (Daniel Bruhl). To fight back on their own terms, the Zabinskis covertly begin working with the Resistance-and put into action plans to save lives out of what has become the Warsaw Ghetto, with Antonina putting herself and even her children at great risk.

The Washington Post praised the book as being "simultaneously grave and exuberant, wise and playful," while Jonathan Safran Foer wrote, "The Zookeeper's Wife will touch every nerve you have." A Focus Features release, it is directed by Niki Caro, written by Angela Workman.

About the Author

Diane Ackerman has been the finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction in addition to many other awards and recognitions for her work, which include the best-selling The Zookeeper's Wife and A Natural History of the Senses. She lives in Ithaca, New York.

Industry Reviews

"Diane Ackerman has surpassed even herself in her latest book, which is alternatingly funny, moving, and terrifying. This powerful thriller would be a great novel-except that it is true." -- Jared Diamond "It is no stretch to say that this is the book Ackerman was meant to write." -- Los Angeles Times "I can't imagine a better story or storyteller. The Zookeeper's Wife will touch every nerve you have." -- Jonathan Safran Foer, author of Everything is Illuminated "Poignant...This is an absorbing book." -- New York Times Book Review "Here is a true story-of human empathy and its opposite-that is simultaneously grave and exuberant, wise and playful. Ackerman has a wonderful tale to tell, and she tells it wonderfully." -- Washington Post Book World

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