For fans of Wesley the Owl as well as the Soul of the Octopus, the story of a unwell baby bird nursed back to health and in to the outrageous by renowned article writer/artist Julie Zickefoose.

When Jemima, a young orphaned blue jay, is taken to wildlife rehabilitator Julie Zickefoose, she is a practically tailless, palm-sized package of gray-blue fluff. But she actually is starved and incredibly sick. Julie’s continuous care brings her around, and as Jemima is elevated for eventual launch, she takes over the house and the rest of the about Saving Jemima: Lifestyle and Love with a Hard-Luck Jay author’s summer season.

Shortly after release, Jemima arises having a lethal disease. But medicating a free-flying outrageous bird is a concern. When the PBS display Nature expresses interest in filming Jemima, Julie must train her to behave on camcorder, as the bird gets ever wilder. Jemima bonds using a wild jay, stretching her ties using the family members. Throughout, Julie grapples using the fallout of Jemima’s illness, research molt and migration, and will her better to maintain Jemima strong and outrageous. She falls hard because of this engaging, feisty and funny parrot, a creative muse and source of power through the author’s personal heartbreaking changes.

Psychological and honest, Keeping Jemima is definitely a general story from the communion between a wild creature as well as the human being chosen to raise it.