{"product_id":"9781849010580-wesley","title":"Wesley","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Story of a Remarkable Owl\u003cbr\u003eAn engaging and inspirational memoir of raising and living with an abandoned barn owl that became a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn Valentine's Day 1985, biologist Stacey O'Brien met a four-day-old baby barn owl - a fateful encounter that would turn into an astonishing 19-year saga. With nerve damage in one wing, the owlet had no hope of surviving on his own in the wild. O'Brien, then a young assistant in the owl laboratory at Caltech, was immediately smitten, promising to care for the helpless owlet and give him a permanent home. \u003ci\u003eWesley \u003c\/i\u003eis the funny, poignant story of their dramatic two decades together.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs Wesley grew, O'Brien snapped photos of him at every stage, recording his life from a helpless ball of fuzz to a playful, clumsy adolescent to a gorgeous, gold-and-white, adult owl with a heart-shaped face and an outsize personality that belied his 18-inch stature. When O'Brien develops her own life-threatening illness, the biologist who saved the life of a helpless baby bird is herself rescued from death by the insistent love and courage of this wild animal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWesley \u003c\/i\u003eis a thoroughly engaging, heart-warming, often funny story of a complex, emotional, non-human being capable of reason, play, and, most important, love and loyalty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56450797338998,"sku":"9781849010580","price":10.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_28335259.jpg?v=1760453984","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781849010580-wesley","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}