Bringing Up a Bush Menagerie.
The memoir of an extraordinary woman, determined to follow a different life path and live out her dream against all the odds.
In the 1960s Mare and Jeff Carter staged their own "Sea Change". Swapping city life for a cottage in the Australian bush, Mare was searching for a better way to live and bring up their children. But she soon discovered life had a lot more in store for her.
Within months hers had become a surrogate home for orphaned and injured wildlife: a string of lovable wombats, a solitary but sexually frustrated kangaroo, madcap emus, eagles, wallabies and more. Ultimately Mare's farm became one of Australia's top wildlife sanctuaries, attracting more than 25,000 visitors a year.
Mare writes with warmth and humour about her very unconventional family and of the realities - both harsh and hilarious - of living in the wild.
