“Assensitiveandtouchingasitisurgent...[WildLifeis]apoignantexplorationofthenaturalworld.“-O,TheOprahMagazine“WildLifeisthebushwacking,honest,andinspiringmemoirIwishI’dhadasabuddingscientist.Dr.Wynn-Grant’srichly-told,revelatoryjourneywillsurelyhaveremarkableripplesforgenerations--andhaveyouontheedgeofyourseat.“--AyanaElizabethJohnson,cofounderUrbanOceanLabInthisvulnerableandurgentmemoir,RaeWynn-Grantexplorestheever-shiftingrelationshipbetweenhumans,animals,andtheearththroughherpersonaljourneytobecomingawildlifeecologist.GrowingupinthediverseandbustlingCaliforniaBayArea,renownedwildlifeecologistDr.RaeWynn-GrantalwaysfeltworldsawayfromthewhitemaleadventurersshewatchedexplorethewildernessonTV.ShedreamedofafuturewhereshecouldspendsleeplessnightsunderthecrowdedcanopiesoftheAmazonandthestarryskiesofthesavanna.ButasRaesetoffonherownexpeditionsinthewild,shesawnature’sdelicatebalanceinanewlight.WildLifefollowsRaeonheradventuresandexplorationsinsomeoftheworld’smostremotelocales.Hersisastoryaboutanearlytwenty-yearcareerinthewild--carvinganicheasoneofveryfewBlackfemalescientists--andthechallengesshehadtoovercome,expectationsshehadtoleavebehind,andthemanylessonsshelearnedalongtheway.AnincrediblejourneyspanningtheGreatPlainsofNorthAmericatotherainforestsofMadagascar,WildLifeshedslightonourpivotalrelationshipandresponsibilitytothenaturalworldandtherelatives--bothhumanandotherwise--thatweshareitwith.
