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A handful of happiness / Massimo Vacchetta with Antonella Tomaselli.
By: Vacchetta, Massimo.
Contributor(s): Tomaselli, Antonella.
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BookPublisher: London : Quercus, 2018Description: Hardback illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 23 cm.ISBN: 9781786489104 (hbk.) :; 1786489104 (hbk.) :.Subject(s): Ninna, (Hedgehog) | Vacchetti, Massimo | Human-animal relationships | Animal rescueGenre/Form: Popular Science. | Popular Science and Mathematics.DDC classification: 599.332 Summary: The heart-warming story of how a tiny hedgehog helped one man find hope. 'Could you look after it for a couple of days?' So begins the extraordinary friendship between veterinarian Massimo, who is at a low spot in his life, and a tiny, orphaned hedgehog. Only a few days old, covered with soft, white quills and mewling quietly, this little creature will turn around his life forever. Through the sheer force of Ninna's personality - curious, playful, affectionate - and the sudden, unexpected paternal protectiveness he feels nursing her back to health, Massimo reconnects with the world - and finally begins to feel like home.
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Translated from the Italian.
The heart-warming story of how a tiny hedgehog helped one man find hope. 'Could you look after it for a couple of days?' So begins the extraordinary friendship between veterinarian Massimo, who is at a low spot in his life, and a tiny, orphaned hedgehog. Only a few days old, covered with soft, white quills and mewling quietly, this little creature will turn around his life forever. Through the sheer force of Ninna's personality - curious, playful, affectionate - and the sudden, unexpected paternal protectiveness he feels nursing her back to health, Massimo reconnects with the world - and finally begins to feel like home.