![]() ![]() Ironically, it’s also an experience I envy – and one I wish I could have had. Add to that thoughts of growing and succeeding in a world without the amenities we often take for granted. It’s a great deal to imagine, and I dare say, one I’m almost happy to not have had to endure. ![]() The thought of surviving an untamed landscape filled with violence from natural and manmade (poaching, settler raids, political corruption) worlds is daunting. Visit the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust website ![]() Yet, I can only imagine the world she’s navigated and the courage and strength it’s taken. Sheldrick’s descriptions of Africa’s vast, yet unforgiving beauty – and her interactions with elephants, lend themselves perfectly to a longing for her life. Set before “Dame Daphne’s” described African backdrop, Love, Life and Elephants: An African Love Story is a breathtaking portrayal of a fulfilled life not without its challenges. The reader learns of her wild upbringing, her adolescence and of love found and intermittently lost throughout adulthood. Love, Life and Elephants: An African Love Story | Dame Daphne Sheldrick | 322 pgs. ![]()
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