Wildflower: An Extraordinary Life and Mysterious Death in Africa

ISBN-13: 9780812979091 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 234 str.

Mark Seal

Opis

With compassion and an unswerving regard for the truth, veteran journalist Mark Seal lays bare the deeply moving, inspirational story of Joan Root, a dedicated environmentalist and Oscar-nominated wildlife filmmaker. He covers her early days in Kenya as a shy young woman with an almost uncanny ability to connect to animals; her whirlwind courtship with the dashing Alan Root, their marriage, and the twenty years of nonstop adventure and passionate romance that followed, both in Africa and around the world; the shattering disintegration of the marriage and partnership; and Joan s triumphant struggle to reinvent herself as the protector of her lakeshore community s fragile ecosystem a struggle that would lead to her tragic death in January 2006. Joan Root dreamed of a bright future for Kenya, a country blessed with unmatched beauty but scarred by decades of colonization and a culture of corruption. She spent her life fighting to make that dream a reality. Her life ended too soon, but thanks to Seal s meticulous re-creation, her extraordinary life lives on. ("People," four-star review)"