The Zookeeper`s Wife – A War Story - Hardcover

It is no stretch to say that this is the book Ackerman was meant to write.

An exemplary work of scholarship and an 'ecstasy of imagining.'

A lovely story about the Holocaust might seem like a grotesque oxymoron. But in ?The Zookeeper's Wife?, Diane Ackerman proves otherwise. Here is a true story... that is simultaneously grave and exuberant, wise and playful. Ackerman has a wonderful tale to tell, and she tells it wonderfully.

I can't imagine a better story or storyteller. ?The Zookeeper's Wife ?will touch every nerve you have. --Jonathan Safran Foer

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

I can't imagine a better story or storyteller. ?The Zookeeper's Wife ?will touch every nerve you have. --Jonathan Safran Foer"

A lovely story about the Holocaust might seem like a grotesque oxymoron. But in The Zookeeper's Wife, Diane Ackerman proves otherwise. Here is a true story... that is simultaneously grave and exuberant, wise and playful. Ackerman has a wonderful tale to tell, and she tells it wonderfully. "

It is no stretch to say that this is the book Ackerman was meant to write.

An exemplary work of scholarship and an 'ecstasy of imagining.'

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