

Then you turn the page and it has seven tigers, three lions, and a pack of wolves, and you say, 'That's crazy. The real estate details came through for this house, and it says there are 12 bedrooms and three bathrooms and 30 acres.

We were actually looking for a big house for my mom to live in, with my sister and my brother and their kids, so that she wouldn't be on her own in her old age. Just as Matt Damon, in the film, wasn't looking for a zoo, we weren't either. It's interesting comparing the two, because every book has to lose things, to be translated into a movie, but (director) Cameron Crowe has done very well in keeping the essence of the story the same. Can you talk about your initial desire to buy the zoo, and what kinds of things you had to do to be approved for the buy?īenjamin Mee: The title of the film is the same as the title of my book, which details the process. I read that your actual purchase of the Dartmoor park took a lot longer to complete than in the movie.
