{"product_id":"the-puma-years-a-memoir-9781542022194","title":"The Puma Years: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this rapturous memoir, writer and activist Laura Coleman shares the story of her liberating journey in the Amazon jungle, where she fell in love with a magnificent cat who changed her life.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLaura 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet against a turbulent and poignant backdrop of deforestation, the illegal pet trade, and forest fires, \u003ci\u003eThe Puma Years\u003c\/i\u003e explores what happens when two desperate creatures in need of rescue find one another.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Little a\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781542022194\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320","brand":"Laura Coleman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39956790182069,"sku":"9781542022194","price":21.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_a28a3af7-b93b-4eb3-a0a0-3efdc01d65ac.jpg?v=1620222411","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-puma-years-a-memoir-9781542022194","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}