![]() ![]() In addition to her own transformation, she tells the stories of fellow volunteers at the sanctuary and the unparalleled love and compassion they have for the animals they so selflessly risk their lives for. ![]() Her memoir is simultaneously funny, heartbreaking and uplifting.Īs she falls in love with the puma she has been tasked with caring for, the narrator (and author) transforms from an anxious, self-doubting girl to a confident, powerful young woman. I find most memoirs to be insincere and self-aggrandizing, however Coleman is brave, self-deprecating and wonderfully honest. ![]() Based upon her own experiences as a lost 20 something British girl who travels to Bolivia to work at an rescue animal sanctuary, Coleman really captured my attention with her vivid descriptions and bold openess. Where would I travel to? What did I want to do next? Where would I be in five years time?Ĭoleman's intimate first person narrative felt so familiar. Like the narrator of the novel I wasn't exactly sure what my next steps would be. I was in Jordan, having recently quit my job and booked a last minute flight to Amman. I read Laura Coleman's The Puma Years several months ago at a time when I was itching for a new adventure. In today's post I review Laura Coleman's The Puma Years which takes place in an animal sanctuary in Bolivia. ![]()
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