wisha 's review for:

Love, Life, and Elephants: An African Love Story by Daphne Sheldrick

3.0

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Writing that flowed easily- as Sheldrick turned her observant eye toward animals, landscape and the people directly in her life- was deeply marred by vehement defense of colonialism early in the book. I kept reading hoping the empathy and understanding she had towards wild creatures would somehow translate to the same for fellow humans and an awareness and recognition of the role of her “white settler” family in Kenya. Picked this up after learning of the great work of the Sheldrick Foundation with orphaned elephants, which I did find very interesting.