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An Elephant in My Kitchen by Katja Willemsen, Françoise Malby-Anthony
4 reviews
c_dmckinney's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
lighthearted
reflective
slow-paced
3.75
Content Warnings
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Animal cruelty, and Death
Minor: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Abandonment, and Alcohol
theaceofpages's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.5
Be warned. This book will break your heart. While this book does reference The Elephant Whisperer a couple of times, it mostly focuses on how she coped with her husband's death. I read the Elephant Whisperer a couple of years back and as far as I can recall this book does just as much justice to the combined magic and tragedy that living in the bush entails. Although I do think that a few vague references to events of that book may leave those who are unfamiliar with the story wanting more. The author explores her struggles and successes and explores the unique challenges hat come from being a (foreign) white woman deep in rural South Africa (where tradition plays a major role in daily life) in a respectful way. She examines the way she contributes, admitting her own shortcomings (for example, being unable to speak the language creates a language barrier). She is torn between a desire to give up (as it all seems hopeless) and a need to fight for the hope and vision she shared with her late husband to create a safe space for wildlife. As a biologist in Africa this internal struggle between hope and the lack thereof is one I'm all too familiar with.
This book is part homage to her husband (she talks about their life together in multiple parts, including how they met and fell in love) and the animals she lost to poachers along the way (believe me, she isn't gentle when talking about the cruelty she saw) and part conservation story about running her reserve. This book had me in tears multiple times (and I may or may not be shedding a few while I write this quite a bit later than I intended to).
This is a book that hits hard and will stay with you.
This book is part homage to her husband (she talks about their life together in multiple parts, including how they met and fell in love) and the animals she lost to poachers along the way (believe me, she isn't gentle when talking about the cruelty she saw) and part conservation story about running her reserve. This book had me in tears multiple times (and I may or may not be shedding a few while I write this quite a bit later than I intended to).
This is a book that hits hard and will stay with you.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death
lacyparrish's review
3.0
This was a book club pick for a coaching community of which I am a member. I enjoyed Francoise's story, but I didn’t realize when I began reading that this is technically a sequel to another book. It is possible to read one without the other; I do think that having some history from the first book would have made the episodic nature of this one easier to keep up with.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Animal cruelty, Kidnapping, and Animal death
christie327's review
adventurous
challenging
emotional
inspiring
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death
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