elephant in my kitchen

Françoise, the elegant Parisian, never expected to find herself living on a South African game reserve. But then she fell in love with Lawrence Anthony, a conservationist, and everything changed. After Lawrence's death, Françoise faced the daunting responsibility of running Thula Thula without him. Poachers attacked their rhinos, their security team refused to take orders from a woman, and the authorities threatened to execute their beloved elephant family. To top it all off, Frankie, the brave new matriarch of the herd, wasn't impressed. In this moving book, Françoise describes how she fought to protect the herd and realize her dream of building a wildlife rescue center. She found herself caring for a lost baby elephant who showed up at her home and providing a home for traumatized orphaned rhinos and a hippopotamus named Charlie who was afraid of water. As she learned to trust herself, she discovered she'd been wrong about Frankie all along.

Featuring extraordinary animals and the people who dedicate their lives to saving them, "The Elephant in My Kitchen" is a captivating and engaging book.