{"product_id":"because-they-needed-me-rita-miljo-and-the-orphaned-baboons-of-south-africa-hardcover","title":"Because They Needed Me: Rita Miljo and the Orphaned Baboons of South Africa - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Blumenthal\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRita Miljo\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn May of 2007, noted American poet and novelist and son of Holocaust refugees Michael Blumenthal went to South Africa to volunteer at C.A.R.E., a rehabilitation center for orphaned and injured baboons founded by Rita Miljo. Rita was a Lithuanian-born childhood member of the Hitler Youth who had gone on to have a life as adventure-filled as Beryl Markham's in \u003cem\u003eWest With the Night.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eA lot of people have asked me whether they could write 'my book, ' Rita wrote to Michael shortly thereafter, \"and I said no, because I was envisaging a story both sad and happy, but certainly mixed with a lot of humor. But if you asked me, I would not say no.\"\u003c\/em\u003e With that, for the only time in her life, Rita entrusted another human being with thirty years' worth of her journals, and a rare and unusual collaboration was born. \u003cem\u003eBecause They Needed Me\u003c\/em\u003e is that story, a chronicle of primate conservation and the intrepid and courageous woman who devoted her life to it. It is like no other book of its kind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 212\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47468603310333,"sku":"9780912887388","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/UkNLZlVVeVMyS2htTjNTbkJjVFZwUT09.webp?v=1777290568","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/because-they-needed-me-rita-miljo-and-the-orphaned-baboons-of-south-africa-hardcover","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}