{"product_id":"9780307337467","title":"The Gerbil Farmer's Daughter","description":"Author: Robinson, Holly\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780307337467\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: RANDOM HOUSE US\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 15 Jul 2010\u003cbr\u003ePages: 304\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTold with heartbreaking honesty and a keen sense of humor, a poignant family memoir of an unusual childhood growing up in the shadow of an ambitious, eccentric father, in the vein of memoirs like Robinson's \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLook Me in the Eye\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, Walls's \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Glass Castle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, and Trussoni's \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFalling Through the Earth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"What kind of Navy officer sits on his ship in the middle of the Mediterranean dreaming of gerbils?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThat's the question that Holly Robinson sets out to answer in this warm and rollicking memoir of life with her father, the world's most famous gerbil czar.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStarting with a few pairs of gerbils housed for curiosity's sake in the family's garage, Donald Robinson's obsession with the \"pocket kangaroo\" developed into a lifelong passion and second career. Soon the Annapolis-trained Navy commander was breeding gerbils and writing about them for publications ranging from the ever-bouncy \u003ci\u003eHighlights for Children\u003c\/i\u003e to the erudite \u003ci\u003eScience News\u003c\/i\u003e. To support his burgeoning business, the family eventually settled on a remote hundred-acre farm with horses, sheep, pygmy goats, peacocks-and nearly nine thousand gerbils.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom part-time model for her father's bestselling pet book, \u003ci\u003eHow to Raise and Train Pet Gerbils\u003c\/i\u003e, to full-time employee in the gerbil empire's complex of prefab Sears buildings, Holly was an enthusiastic if often exasperated companion on her father's quest to breed the perfect gerbil. Told with heart, humor, and affection, The Gerbil Farmer's Daughter is Holly's ode to a weird and wonderful upbringing and her truly one-of-a-kind father.","brand":"Print on demand - Ships in 1 to 3 months","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47421892395166,"sku":"UBD-9780307337467","price":44.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780307337467.jpg?v=1780548742","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780307337467","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}