Saving Jemima: Life and Love with a Hard-Luck Jay
Saving Jemima: Life and Love with a Hard-Luck Jay For fans of Wesley the Owl and The Soul of an Octopus, the story of a sick baby bird nursed back to health and into the wild by renowned…
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Saving Jemima: Life and Love with a Hard-Luck Jay
For fans of Wesley the Owl and The Soul of an Octopus, the story of a sick baby bird nursed back to health and into the wild by renowned writer/artist Julie Zickefoose.When Jemima, a young orphaned blue jay, is brought to wildlife rehabilitator Julie Zickefoose, she is a virtually tailless, palm-sized bundle of gray-blue fluff. Julie's constant care brings her around, and as Jemima is raised for eventual release, she takes over the house and the rest of the author's summer.Shortly after release, Jemima turns up with a deadly disease. But she is starved and very sick.
When the PBS show Nature expresses interest in filming Jemima, Julie must train her to behave on camera, as the bird gets ever wilder. But medicating a free-flying wild bird is a challenge. Jemima bonds with a wild jay, stretching her ties with the family.
Throughout, Julie grapples
In Love with Life
LOVE IS BLIND A LIFE WITH HORSES
Life! from Venus, with Love