The Zookeeper's Wife Book Age Rating. The zookeeper's wife (book) : The zookeeper's wife opens in warsaw in 1939.
The zookeeper's wife is based on a true story, though the events took place in poland, rather than in dresden, so i wonder if michael morpurgo based his book on the same story. The germans are making their presence felt, but life is still filled with joy and a sense of purpose for antonina zabinski (jessica chastain) and her husband, dr. ― diane ackerman, quote from the zookeeper's wife.
Jan żabiński (johan heldenbergh), helped save the lives of hundreds of jewish people during the german invasion of warsaw during wwii.antonina lives and works at the warsaw zoo with her zoologist husband, and we.
The first edition of the novel was published in september 17th 2007, and was written by diane ackerman. The first edition of the novel was published in september 17th 2007, and was written by diane ackerman. This is where the focus of the book falls onto antonia. Staying instead of fleeing as most would, actually forced them to have to witness countless murders at the whim of any given nazi of innocent children & women.