My Amazon review of The Zookeeper’s Wife by Diane Ackerman (Rated 4): Electrifying story of compassion and courage – Diane Ackerman tells an electrifying true story of compassion and courage. The book is filled with the joys of nature and the horrors of wartime occupation. It captures the personalities of the people and the animals who lived with and cheered them. The writing is sometimes stilted and too many details obscure rather than illuminate the setting. However, it is worth plowing through the excess verbiage for the gems of humanity.
