I fell in love with Wayra myself, just reading this book. An honest account of a young woman's time volunteering at a wildlife rescue in Bolivia, describing the good, bad and ugly bits. The difficulties of dealing with the wet season, mosquitoes, lack of electricity and plumbing, poor nutrition, unclean living quarters... You wonder way she stayed - Until you start reading about her experiences with the animals, particularly a female puma named Wayra. A beautiful love story about a broken girl, a broken cat, and the jungle that helped heal both of them.

I’ve never read anything quite like this. My best description is that it’s a transformative sensory overload memoir/love letter that immerses you in the intimacies of the Bolivian jungle. It is a twitch too long at times but it is an unforgettable portrait of a woman finding herself through falling in love with Wayra, a puma. I hold in me the visceral experience of the jungle and what it means to love and be loved by the more-than-human world.

Simply beautiful.

Great touching story about finding love in an unconventional and wild place, reminding you that living a wild life can be a wonderfully experience.