The Zookeeper's Wife Book Review. Not only did the zabinskis provide a safe haven for resistance activists and persecuted jews, they actually hid some refugees in plain sight. The beauty in diane ackerman's the zookeeper's wife lies in her attention to detail.
Ackerman ( a natural history of the senses ) tells the remarkable wwii story of jan. Not only did the zabinskis provide a safe haven for resistance activists and persecuted jews, they actually hid some refugees in plain sight. Jan zabinski, the zookeeper, and his wife antonina provided a temporary hiding place for many jews.
Jan zabinski, the zookeeper, and his wife antonina provided a temporary hiding place for many jews.
But the zookeeper's wife does both, which is what makes it so worth reading. She tells the story of jan and antonia zabinski, the director of the warsaw zoo and his wife, during the polish occupation during wwii, with beautiful prose that stimulates all the reader's senses. The zookeeper's wife by diane ackerman (norton 2007) i made the mistake of picking up the zookeeper's wife and reading it as though it were a novel. Diane ackerman's the zookeeper's wife: