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Pages with Purpose: Virtual Book Group


*The event has already taken place on this date: Thu, 04/08/2021
Virtual Book Club Event

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For our April Pages with Purpose: Virtual Book Group, we’ll be discussing For the Love of Lemurs: My Life in the Wilds of Madagascar, by Patricia Chapple Wright. The author will join us for the discussion.

 

In 1986, primatologist Patricia Chapple Wright was given a seemingly impossible task: to travel to the rainforests of Madagascar and find the greater bamboo lemur, a species that hadn’t been seen in the wild for thirty years. Not only did Wright discover that the primate still existed but that it lived alongside a completely new species. What followed was a love affair with an animal and a country that continues to this day.

In this frank and enchanting sequel to High Moon Over the Amazon, Wright recounts the many challenges she faced, including separation from her daughter, a tempestuous romance with a fellow scientist, and political upheaval that threatens her dream of establishing a national park to ensure the safety of her precious lemurs. But in the end, her tenacity, daring, and passion for this endangered primate lead to extraordinary scientific breakthroughs and help bring the animal back from the brink of extinction.

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Organization:

Seneca Park Zoo

Location:

2222 St. Paul Street
Rochester, NY, 14621
United States

Phone:

5853367213
Contact name: 
Education Department
Email address: 
The event has already taken place on this date: 
04/08/2021
Time: 
7-8 p.m.