Pond Memories

Heartwarming tales of triumph and tears fill the pages of Pond Memories, Lil Anderson’'s second collection of experiences as a wildlife rehabilitator.

With first-hand experience, Anderson recounts episodes of life with wild animals: enduring playfully intended but painful kicks from Brownie, a young bull moose who nearly died from pneumonia, having her overalls become the object of affection for Cameron, an amorous young beaver, and learning how to “speak” deer with Persephone, a tiny, but fiercely independent fawn.

In Pond Memories, Anderson brings her readers to the animal world, teaching respect for her patients’ non-humanness, while showing that wild animals have their own ways of expressing love, joy, anger, and pain. Always mindful of the risk of imprinting on her wild charges, Anderson drives home the message that, once helped and healed, these creatures must return to their natural habitat.