Wesley the Owl: The Remarkable Love Story of an Owl and His Girl [B1195]

2009 PB in excellent condition. On Valentine's Day 1985, biologist Stacey O'Brien first met a four-day-old baby barn owl -- a fateful encounter that would turn into an astonishing 19-year saga. With nerve damage in one wing, the owlet's ability to fly was forever compromised, and he had no hope of surviving on his own in the wild. O'Brien, a young assistant in the owl laboratory at Caltech, was immediately smitten, promising to care for the helpless owlet and give him a permanent home. Wesley the Owl is the funny, poignant story of their dramatic two decades together. Enhanced by wonderful photos, Wesley the Owl is a thoroughly engaging, heartwarming, often funny story of a complex, emotional, non-human being capable of reason, play, and, most important, love and loyalty. It is sure to be cherished by animal lovers everywhere.

From recent Amazon/GoodReads reviews: "I love this book so so much. It is informative and she is also absolutely hilarious. And I'm always fascinated by people that live a life wildly different from my own. It was just beautiful."; "I got this book after seeing a fantastic musical on Wesley the Owl. The author was there and signed my book, and if I had read it before seeing the play I would still have been in complete and utter awe at the things she experienced and learned by living for almost 20 years with this charismatic little barn owl, with all his personality and communication quirks, his likes and dislikes, and his love of baths. Learned so much about owls, and as an animal lover, this hit all the right notes with me."; "I really loved this book. We have so much to learn about animals and this book delights, entertains and educates in equal measure."