When ecologist Carl Safina and his wife, Patricia, took in a near-death baby owl, they expected that, like other wild orphans they\'d rescued, she\'d be a temporary presence.
Interwoven with Safina\'s reflections on humankind\'s relationship with the living world across cultures and throughout history, Alfie & Me is a work of profound beauties and magical timing harbored within one upended year..
The continuing bond of trust following her freedom--and her raising of her own wild brood--drew Carl and Patricia across the boundary into Alfie\'s world, allowing them a view of existence from Alfie\'s perspective.
Alfie & Me is the story of the remarkable impact this little owl would have on their lives.
And soon Carl and Patricia began to realize that the healing was mutual.
But Alfie\'s feathers were not growing correctly, requiring prolonged care.
When ecologist Carl Safina and his wife, Patricia, took in a near-death baby owl, they expected that, like other wild orphans they\'d rescued, she\'d be a temporary presence
