A Lion in the Bedroom is a big wide-ranging autobiography. Pat Cavendish O'Neill spent her childhood, teenage years and early adulthood in a rarified world of luxury where the Vanderbilts of New York were considered nouveau riche and her mother Enid, one of Australia's Lindemann wine clan, thought nothing of walking her pet cheetah through the streets of London. In her 30's Pat moved to Africa where her life changed dramatically. She rescued an abandoned lion cub so small it fitted into her hand. She fell in love with Tana the lioness, and with Africa. This remarkable book chronicles a unique life, with an adventure on every page.

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