{"product_id":"the-penguin-lessons-what-i-learned-from-a-remarkable-bird-9781101967416","title":"The Penguin Lessons What I Learned from a Remarkable Bird","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA unique and moving real-life story of the extraordinary bond between a young teacher and a penguin, this book will delight readers who loved \u003ci\u003eMarley \u0026amp; Me, Dewey the Library Cat, The Good Good Pig, \u003c\/i\u003eand any book by Jon Katz.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1975, twenty-three-year-old Englishman Tom Michell follows his wanderlust to Argentina, where he becomes assistant master at a prestigious boarding school. But Michell’s adventures really begin when, on a weekend in Uruguay, he rescues a penguin covered in oil from an ocean spill, cleans the bird up, and attempts to return him to the sea. The penguin refuses to leave his rescuer’s side. “That was the moment at which he became my penguin, and whatever the future held, we’d face it together,” says Michell in this charming memoir.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Michell names the penguin Juan Salvador (“John Saved”), but Juan Salvador, as it turns out, is the one who saves Michell.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter Michell smuggles the bird back to","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51863117562199,"sku":"9781101967416","price":17.93,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781101967416.jpg?v=1759919682","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-penguin-lessons-what-i-learned-from-a-remarkable-bird-9781101967416","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}