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The puma years a memoir5/25/2023 ![]() The animals they care for in the parque have been mistreated, so they are angry and dangerous. You could see as her initial horror and fear of Wayra gradually turns to love and trust. But she does, and at some point the jungle becomes her home, and the animals become her family.Ĭoleman’s writing is vivid and beautiful, though it could be a bit repetitive at times. When she’s assigned to “walk” a puma named Wayra, she thinks she won’t last 24 hours. ![]() I was struck by her horror on her first day, from the lack of accommodations, the outhouse, the poisonous insects, and the monkeys and other animals running around freely. In her early twenties, Coleman quit her job in England and backpacked around Bolivia. Wanting to do something different, she signs up for a 30 day stint at an animal “parque” in the jungle. ![]()
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