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A wonderfully nostalgic memoir detailing the amazing lives of the working course family behind the phenomenally successful Chester Zoo. When George Mottershead moved to the town of Upton-by-Chester in 1930 to appreciate his imagine opening a zoo without bars, his four-year-old princess June possessed no idea how amazing her life would become. Soon her closest friend was a chimpanzee called Mary, lion cubs and parrots were vying for her attention in your kitchen, and getting a keep tucked up during intercourse was no more unusual than talking to a tapir about granny's lemon curd. Pelican, penguin, or polar keep - for June, these were simply family. The first years weren't without their road blocks for the Mottersheads. These were shunned by the local community, individual bankruptcy threatened and then World Warfare Two commenced. Nightly bombing raids changed the dream into a problem and finding food for the pets became a constant concern. Yet George's resilience, resourcefulness and tenacity eventually paid. Now over 80 years since June first established foot in the echoing house, Chester Zoo has achieved worldwide renown. Here, in her enthralling memoir, June Mottershead chronicles the heartbreak, the humour, the trials and triumphs, most importantly the people, both human being and animal, who molded her childhood.
