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Availability:Out of StockContributor:Laura ColemanPublish date:2021-06-01Pages:320
Language:EnglishPublisher:Little aISBN-13:9781542022194ISBN-10:1542022193UPC:9781542022194Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, TravelBook Subcategory:Personal Memoirs, South America, Special InterestBook Topic:AdventureSize:8.40 x 5.60 x 1.30 inchesWeight:1.0604Product ID:SCYNE6RAM9

In this rapturous memoir, writer and activist Laura Coleman shares the story of her liberating journey in the Amazon jungle, where she fell in love with a magnificent cat who changed her life.

Laura was in her early twenties and directionless when she quit her job to backpack in Bolivia. Fate landed her at a wildlife sanctuary on the edge of the Amazon jungle where she was assigned to a beautiful and complex puma named Wayra. Wide-eyed, inexperienced, and comically terrified, Laura made the scrappy, make-do camp her home. And in Wayra, she made a friend for life.

They weren't alone, not with over a hundred quirky animals to care for, each lost and hurt in their own way: a pair of suicidal, bra-stealing monkeys, a frustrated parrot desperate to fly, and a pig with a wicked sense of humor. The humans, too, were cause for laughter and tears. There were animal whisperers, committed staff, wildly devoted volunteers, handsome heartbreakers, and a machete-wielding prom queen who carried Laura through. Most of all, there was the jungle--lyrical and alive--and there was Wayra, who would ultimately teach Laura so much about love, healing, and the person she was capable of becoming.

Set against a turbulent and poignant backdrop of deforestation, the illegal pet trade, and forest fires, The Puma Years explores what happens when two desperate creatures in need of rescue find one another.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Little aISBN-13:9781542022194ISBN-10:1542022193UPC:9781542022194Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, TravelBook Subcategory:Personal Memoirs, South America, Special InterestBook Topic:AdventureSize:8.40 x 5.60 x 1.30 inchesWeight:1.0604Product ID:SCYNE6RAM9
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Laura Coleman was born in Sussex, in the south of England. She studied English literature and art history at university and received a master's in art history. In 2007 she went to Bolivia and joined the NGO Comunidad Inti Wara Yassi (CIWY), which manages three wildlife sanctuaries and gives homes to animals rescued from illegal wildlife trafficking. It was this work, and the communities and the stories that she found there, that inspired her to start the Brighton-based organisation ONCA. (Panthera onca is the scientific name for jaguar.) Bridging social and environmental justice issues with creativity, ONCA promotes positive change by facilitating inclusive spaces for creative learning, artist support, story sharing and community solidarity. In 2018, Laura moved to the Small Isles in Scotland with her friend, a dog called Nelo. She lives and writes by the sea, whilst still being on the board of ONCA and Friends of Inti Wara Yassi, the UK-based charity that supports CIWY's work.

Publisher: Little a

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