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Funny Farm

My Unexpected Life with 600 Rescue Animals

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Funny Farm

By: Laurie Zaleski
Narrated by: Erin Moon
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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.

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I loved this book -- felt very personal and genuine. A beautiful tale of her mother and their legacy of caring for so many rescue animals. recommended

beautiful personal story about family and animals

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I loved it! I am now following Laurie and The Funny Farm on instagram so that I can continue to follow her story ❤

I loved it!!

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this is a great book to listen to such a well told story would have liked it go go for a little longer.

great

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