Description
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.
Author: Suzie Gilbert
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 03/16/2010
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.58lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.28w x 0.86d
ISBN13: 9780061563133
ISBN10: 0061563137
BISAC Categories:
- Nature | Animals | Birds
- Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs
- Nature | Birdwatching Guides