Wesley: The Story of a Remarkable Owl - Softcover

O'Brien, Stacey

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1849010587 ISBN 13: 9781849010580

Publisher: Constable, 2009

Synopsis

On Valentine’s Day 1985, biologist Stacey O’Brien met a four-day-old baby barn owl – a fateful encounter that would turn into an astonishing 19-year saga. With nerve damage in one wing, the owlet had no hope of surviving on his own in the wild. O’Brien, then a young assistant in the owl laboratory at Caltech, was immediately smitten, promising to care for the helpless owlet and give him a permanent home. Wesley is the funny, poignant story of their dramatic two decades together. As Wesley grew, O’Brien snapped photos of him at every stage, recording his life from a helpless ball of fuzz to a playful, clumsy adolescent to a gorgeous, gold-and-white, adult owl with a heart-shaped face and an outsize personality that belied his 18-inch stature. When O'Brien develops her own life-threatening illness, the biologist who saved the life of a helpless baby bird is herself rescued from death by the insistent love and courage of this wild animal. Wesley is a thoroughly engaging, heart-warming, often funny story of a complex, emotional, non-human being capable of reason, play, and, most important, love and loyalty.

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Review:

Few could be unmoved by this delightful story. --Good Book Guide

Book Description:

An engaging and inspirational memoir of raising and living with an abandoned barn owl that became a New York Times bestseller.

About this edition

• Publisher: Constable
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1849010587
• ISBN 13: 9781849010580
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240