02156cam a2200349 i 4500 1155171503 TxAuBib 20240226120000.0 210709s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781542022194 hbk. 1542022193 hbk. 9781542022187 pbk. 1542022185 pbk. (OCoLC)1249752061 TxAuBib rda Coleman, Laura,. The puma years : a memoir / Laura Coleman. First edition. New York : Little A, 2021. 290 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "Laura was in her early twenties and directionless when she quit her job to backpack in Bolivia. Fate landed her at a wildlife sanctuary on the edge of the Amazon jungle where she was assigned to a beautiful and complex puma named Wayra. Wide-eyed, inexperienced, and comically terrified, Laura made the scrappy, make-do camp her home. And in Wayra, she made a friend for life. They weren't alone, not with over a hundred quirky animals to care for, each lost and hurt in their own way: a pair of suicidal, bra-stealing monkeys, a frustrated parrot desperate to fly, and a pig with a wicked sense of humor. The humans, too, were cause for laughter and tears. There were animal whisperers, committed staff, wildly devoted volunteers, handsome heartbreakers, and a machete-wielding prom queen who carried Laura through. Most of all, there was the jungle--lyrical and alive--and there was Wayra, who would ultimately teach Laura so much about love, healing, and the person she was capable of becoming."--Provided by publisher. 20240226. Coleman, Laura. Human-animal relationships Anecdotes. Wildlife rehabilitation Bolivia. Wildlife conservationists Biography. Wildlife rehabilitators Biography. Autobiographies. lcgft