

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
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mso-ansi-language:EN-IN;mso-fareast-language:EN-IN">When Benjamin Mee decided
to uproot his family and move them to an unlikely new home in Devon - a
dilapidated zoo where over 200 exotic animals would be their new neighbors -
his friends and colleagues thought he was crazy. Benjamin^s dream was to
refurbish the zoo and run it as a family business. But with a grand reopening
scheduled for spring, there was much work to be done and none of it would be easy
for these novice zookeepers. Benjamin^s story is a remarkable tale of anxious
wolves, awkward creditors, escaping big cats, the power of family, and the
triumph of hope over tragedy.</span></p>

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mso-ansi-language:EN-IN;mso-fareast-language:EN-IN">Now a major motion picture
starring Matt Damon and Scarlett Johansson, directed by Cameron Crowe A film
tie-in edition to 20th Century Fox’s film adaptation of the heart-warming
international bestseller starring Scarlett Johansson and Matt Damon and
directed by Oscar-winning director Cameron Crowe. An amazing true story that
has inspired the major Hollywood motion picture this Christmas, to be
repackaged for release alongside the film. We Bought a Zoo is about one young
family, a broken-down zoo, and the wild animals that changed their lives
forever. When Ben [played by Damon] and his wife Katherine [played by
Johansson] sold their small flat in Primrose Hill, upped sticks with their
children, and invested their savings into a dilapidated zoo on the edge of
Dartmoor, they were prepared for a challenge and a momentous change in all
their lives. With over 200 exotic animals to care for – including an African
lion, a wolf pack, a Brazilian tapir, and a jaguar – Ben’s hands, and those of
his wife, children, and a tiny team of keepers, were full. What they weren’t
prepared for was Katherine’s devastating second brain cancer diagnosis. Ben
found himself juggling the daunting responsibilities of managing the park’s
staff and finances while holding the bailiffs at bay and caring for his wife.</span></p>

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mso-ansi-language:EN-IN;mso-fareast-language:EN-IN">A moving and entertaining
story of courage and a family’s attempts to rebuild a zoo, and carry on after
Katherine’s tragic death.</span></p>

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EN-IN;mso-fareast-language:EN-IN;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">Benjamin Mee </span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:&quot;Google Sans&quot;,sans-serif;
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born in 1965 (age 56 years), Melbourne, Australia. He a former bricklayer and
decorator, he began to study and write about animal intelligence, reading
psychology at UCL, and then completing an MSc in Science Journalism at Imperial
College. He subsequently made his living as a contributing editor to Men’s
Health magazine on the former subject, and as a Guardian columnist on the
latter, until commissioned by Penguin to write a book on the Evolution of
Humour in Man and Animals. He currently divides his time between running the
busy zoo and raising his two children, Ella and Milo. He became a contributing
editor to Men’s Health magazine and a Guardian columnist, and then moved to
Southern France, and began writing a book on the Evolution of Humour in Man and
Animals. Then the zoo came up for sale, and everything changed. </span>