Wesley

Name: Wesley
Brand: Penguin Random House NZ
SKU: 9781741669305
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The Story Of A Remarkable Owl

By Stacey O'Brien

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Wesley by Stacey O'Brien tells the heartwarming story of a young biologist who adopts a four-day-old barn owl. The memoir chronicles their unique and life-affirming journey together over nearly two decades, exploring themes of love, dedication, and the powerful connection between humans and animals. This touching tale offers a profound insight into the life of an owl and the woman who devoted her life to him.
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Format: Paperback / softback

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You might enjoy this book if you're fascinated by heartwarming tales of human-animal connections. This memoir offers an intimate look into the unique bond between a biologist and an injured barn owl, exploring themes of nature, love, and the extraordinary relationships that can form between humans and wildlife.

Wesley

When biologist Stacey O'Brien met a four-day-old baby barn owl, little did she know that this fateful encounter would turn into a 19-year saga. With nerve damage in one wing, the owlet had no hope of surviving on his own in the wild. O'Brien was immediately smitten, promising to care for the helpless owlet and give him a permanent home.

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When biologist Stacey O'Brien met a four-day-old baby barn owl, little did she know that this fateful encounter 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 was immediately smitten, promising to care for the helpless owlet and give him a permanent home.

With both a tender heart and a scientist's eye, O'Brien records 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. Their bond deepens as she discovers Wesley's outsize personality, subtle emotions, and playful nature.

When O'Brien develops her own life-threatening illness, the biologist is 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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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781741669305

Publisher: Transworld Publishers (Division of Random House Australia)

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 July 2009

Country: Australia

Imprint: Bantam

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 15.0mm

Width: 135.0mm

Height: 214.0mm

Weight: 192g

Pages: 240

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Biography & Memoir Non-Fiction Penguin Books Science & Nature Stacey O'Brien

About the Author

Stacey O'Brien is trained as a biologist specialising in wild-animal behaviour. She graduated from Occidental College with a BS in biology and continued her education at Caltech. She now works as a wildlife rescuer and rehabilitation expert with a variety of local animals, including the endangered brown pelican, owls, seabirds, possums, and songbirds. She lives in Southern California.