A Zookeepers Wife by Wescott, Aidan

The Zookeeper’s Wife

27atwescott — 2025-04-22 13:38:02 UTC

The Zookeeper’s Wife

27atwescott — 2025-04-22 13:42:05 UTC

Book Trailer #1

Synopsis

27atwescott — 2025-04-22 13:48:29 UTC

The Zookeeper’s Wife is about a couple who lives Warsaw and runs a local zoo. Their life was great. They were wealthy and had large land for their zoo. Because of this, the soldiers took over their land and made camp. Throughout the war they would both hide people who were affected by the war. They used their zoo and house to keep everyone safe and out of sight. Another big event that occurred was the jews that got sent to the ghetto and later gone to the camp. It is overall a very interesting story and based off real people and events.

We’ll Meet Again

27atwescott — 2025-04-22 13:55:38 UTC

This song really resembles this book because of the loss and mourning both Antonina and Jan have to go through. Another reason why this song is a good choice is because it was sun during that time period. This song really resembles the book.

Antonina

27atwescott — 2025-04-22 13:59:12 UTC

Strong, independent, and courageous women who is not afraid to stand up for what she believes.

Ryszard

27atwescott — 2025-04-22 14:11:18 UTC

Loves animals and taking care of those in his town.

Maurycy

27atwescott — 2025-04-22 14:15:33 UTC

Agreeable man who always does what he is told.

Regina

27atwescott — 2025-04-22 14:18:22 UTC

One of the young children affected by the horrible war.

Lutz

27atwescott — 2025-04-22 14:20:51 UTC

Strict soldier who is not sentimental and has no sympathy for any of those people.

Antonina’s Tweet

27atwescott — 2025-04-22 14:23:56 UTC

In the silence of the zoo, I hid not just animals, but people.

Author’s Insporation

27atwescott — 2025-04-22 14:26:34 UTC

The following quote shows connection to the book because the author talks about how her personal life connects to the book and how she brought the story to life.

Quoted: “I came to the story through the animals. I've always been an animal lover, and my fascination with ancient horses led me to a Polish forest, then to the Warsaw zookeepers adopting orphan animals from that forest, then to the zookeeper's wife, then to her diary, which I had translated for me.” - Diana Ackerman

Theme

27atwescott — 2025-04-22 14:29:37 UTC

The main theme of this book is betrayal and sympathy. I chose betrayal because it shows many people betraying people and making everything worse for the many people who were affected. I chose sympathy as well because of what Antonina and Ryszard did with hiding the people and all the many animals.

Why This Book?

27atwescott — 2025-04-30 13:25:06 UTC

I chose this book because WWII was such a horrible time. This book really interested me and knowing information about the war really made this book interesting. This book was full of suspense, mystery, and grief. I would recommend this to people who are interested in “before the war” books. The story was overall interesting and I was mostly engaged while reading the whole book.

Setting

27atwescott — 2025-05-06 02:58:34 UTC

The story takes place in Warsaw, Poland. It was a very dangerous time in history because it was the start of the war. The main setting takes place in the zoo in their backyard. They had many animals and many people who attended the zoo. Throughout the story the setting transfers into the town hall and all around town. Overall the main setting takes place in the zoo, house, and the town. The story goes through the four seasons because of the many years the war had continued.