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Funny farm [large print] : my unexpected life with 600 rescue animals / Laurie Zaleski.

Zaleski, Laurie, (author.).

Summary:

"Laurie Zaleski never aspired to run an animal rescue; that was her mother Annie's dream. But from girlhood, Laurie was determined to make the dream come true. Thirty years later as a successful businesswoman, she did it, buying a 15-acre farm deep in the Pinelands of South Jersey. She was planning to relocate Annie and her caravan of ragtag rescues -- horses and goats, dogs and cats, chickens and pigs -- when Annie died, just two weeks before moving day. In her heartbreak, Laurie resolved to make her mother's dream her own. In 2001, she established the Funny Farm Animal Rescue outside Mays Landing, New Jersey. Today, she carries on Annie's mission to save abused and neglected animals. Funny Farm is Laurie's story: of promises kept, dreams fulfilled, and animals lost and found. It's the story of Annie McNulty, who fled a nightmarish marriage with few skills, no money and no resources, dragging three kids behind her, and accumulating hundreds of cast-off animals on the way. And lastly, it's the story of the brave, incredible, and adorable animals that were rescued. Although there are some sad parts (as life always is), there are lots of laughs."-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781638085805
  • ISBN: 1638085803
  • Physical Description: 351 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 23 cm
  • Edition: Center Point Large Print edition.
  • Publisher: Thorndike, Maine : Center Point Large Print, 2023.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Regular print version previously published by St. Martin's Publishing Group.
Formatted Contents Note:
Runaways -- We Were the Joneses -- What Doesn't Kill You -- Accidentally Eden -- Going for Broke -- Mayonnaise Sandwiches -- Facts of Life -- Jersey Devils -- Father Figure -- Trespasser -- Good Fight -- Crossroads -- Nightfall -- Homeward Bound -- Moving Day -- A Pig Too Far -- Chucky -- Act Two -- No Fences -- Valentine's Day -- Epilogue/Someday.
Subject:
Zaleski, Laurie.
Animal rights activists > United States > Biography.
Animal welfare > United States.
Animal shelters > United States.
Animal rescue > United States.
Businesswomen > United States > Biography.
Genre:
Large print books.
Autobiographies.
Biographies.

Available copies

  • 13 of 15 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library. (Show)

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  • 0 current holds with 15 total copies.
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Old Fort Branch Library LP 636.08 ZAL (Text) 37810435651632 Adult Large Print Nonfiction Available -
Bordeaux Library LP B ZALESKI (Text) 31781067693653 Adult Large Print Nonfiction Available -
Braswell Memorial Main Library LTE B ZALESKI (Text) 37807000038948 Adult Large Print Biography Available -
Cleveland County Main Library B ZALESKI (Text) 22281500153675 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Columbus Library LP 636.083 ZAL (Text) 31250200086280 Adult Large Print Nonfiction Available -
Fletcher Branch ZALESKI (Text) 33258009718151 Adult Large Print Biography Available -
Forsyth Central LP B ZALESKI, LAURIE (Text) 0112523742018 Adult Large Print Biography Available -
Harnett County Main Library LgPrt 636.08 Zal (Text) 33630005303354 Adult Large Print Nonfiction Checked out 09/01/2026
Morganton Public Library B Zaleski L.P. (Text) 33557004556593 Adult Large Print Biography Available -
Reidsville Library LP 636.083 Z (Text) 31554010958477 Adult Large Print Nonfiction Available -