Luke knew that because he lived for two years in the Canadian wilderness with a pack of wolves.Įdward Warren remembered those years without a father how his mother, Georgie, cried and how his little sister, Cara, missed her daddy.Įdward was fifteen then, and Luke had burdened him with a man-of-the-house talk before he left, handing Edward the financial reins and making him sign a scrap of paper that gave the boy medical power of attorney. They’re also more afraid of humans than humans are of them. Wolves have a unique culture, an explicit way of communicating, and family is everything. Reticent, almost hermitlike, Luke really wanted his research to help people understand that real wolves aren’t like the ones in fairy tales. But in the new novel Lone Wolf by Jodi Picoult, Luke Warren embraced the animal in himself and in doing so, he destroyed his family.Īs a biologist, he never thought he’d write a book or become a TV star. You were a wild child, and then you grew out of it – much to the relief of your loved ones. She knew you were healthy as a horse and, really, one look at those puppy-dog eyes and your monkeyshines were always forgiven.

Surely, you drove her batty until she didn’t think she could bear another minute of you, but secretly, Mom probably didn’t mind. That’s because it seemed like you were always going ape, laughing like a hyena and horsing around. Your mother often said you were born in a barn.

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