from gypsysmom

I have been wanting to read this book since it was published in 2011. It won the Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-fiction in 2012 and then in 2017 it appeared on the CBC list of 100 True Stories that Make You Proud to be Canadian. But it was the choice to put it on the Canada Reads 2019 long...

from Darcia

Andrew Westoll takes us inside a chimpanzee sanctuary, where he spends months getting to know those who live there. Many of these chimps were rescued from biomedical research labs. The abuse they suffered is heartbreaking. Their resilience and willingness to forgive humans is astounding. No matte...

from Darcia

Andrew Westoll takes us inside a chimpanzee sanctuary, where he spends months getting to know those who live there. Many of these chimps were rescued from biomedical research labs. The abuse they suffered is heartbreaking. Their resilience and willingness to forgive humans is astounding. No matte...

from alexann

The Chimps of Fauna Sanctuary is Andrew Westoll's account of the months he spent at this small sanctuary for thirteen chimps who in their previous life had been lab specimens, poked and prodded, infected with viruses and subjected to invasive surgeries. The sanctuary fulfills a dream of Gloria Gr...

from gypsysmom

I have been wanting to read this book since it was published in 2011. It won the Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-fiction in 2012 and then in 2017 it appeared on the CBC list of 100 True Stories that Make You Proud to be Canadian. But it was the choice to put it on the Canada Reads 2019 long...