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Our Zoo
by June Mottershead
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I have to say the tv show sparked my interest in wanting to read this book and I'm glad it did.
This book was lovely, it wasn't an autobiography and it wasn't a novel i would class it as somewhere in between. It gives you a view of how things were for her as she was growing up, a true account rather than the tv series. You get to know the family and the workers of the zoo on an in depth level. It provides in depth descriptions about the war and the troubles that the zoo faced around this time, but also about the zoos troubles in general.
The only criticism i have is that there are some parts where it jumps back and forward which does make it hard to keep up but this can be over looked because of how good it is.
Its worth a read, there were parts that made me giggle but there were also more serious parts which make you stop and think.
I have to say the tv show sparked my interest in wanting to read this book and I'm glad it did.
This book was lovely, it wasn't an autobiography and it wasn't a novel i would class it as somewhere in between. It gives you a view of how things were for her as she was growing up, a true account rather than the tv series. You get to know the family and the workers of the zoo on an in depth level. It provides in depth descriptions about the war and the troubles that the zoo faced around this time, but also about the zoos troubles in general.
The only criticism i have is that there are some parts where it jumps back and forward which does make it hard to keep up but this can be over looked because of how good it is.
Its worth a read, there were parts that made me giggle but there were also more serious parts which make you stop and think.