| From Publishers Weekly The author led a conventional life in Indianapolis until she obtained a pilot's license and moved with her husband to a nearby farm with an airstrip. At the suggestion of a circus-performer friend， the couple began to raise exotic animals in the empty barns， beginning with camels and zebras. Other beasts came later--tiger cubs， llamas， miniature goats， monkeys， a pig. The author acted as obstetrician to an ostrich chick named Watts (the egg had been incubated under a 100-watt light bulb) and found a Leghorn hen to act as its foster mother. The menagerie survived， but the marriage did not. Schaffer now runs Camel Lot as a bed-and-breakfast. Animal lovers especially will enjoy this account. First serial to Cosmopolitan. Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information， Inc. From Library Journal Schaffer's metamorphosis from Indiana housewife to licensed endangered species breeder reads like a comedy of errors. Knowing little about camels， zebras， tigers， or ostriches， Schaffer nevertheless raised these and other species， not only on her Indiana farm， but actually in her bathroom， kitchen， mud room， and linen closet! She currently operates her farm as a bed and breakfast， where guests happily pay for the privilege of being sat upon by a territorial male llama or roared at by a Siberian tiger. Schaffer's book， peppered with quips， is strictly light reading for those who like unusual stories about exotic animals or eccentric suburbanites. First serial to Cosmopolitan .-- Laurie Tynan， Montgomery Cty.Norristown P.L.， Pa.Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information， Inc. |
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