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Alex Lasker
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The Memory of an Elephant is an epic saga told by an aging African elephant as he makes a last, perilous journey to find the humans who rescued him as an orphan some fifty years ago. Interwoven with his narrative are the tumultuous lives of the family who raised and then lost him.
This timeless story is alternately heartwarming and heartbreaking, spanning east Africa, Great Britain, and New York from 1962 to 2015.
©2021 Alex Lasker (P)2022 Alex LaskerLos oyentes también disfrutaron...
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- An African Love Story
- De: Daphne Sheldrick
- Narrado por: Virginia McKenna
- Duración: 14 h y 34 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 404
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Daphne Sheldrick, whose family arrived in Africa from Scotland in the 1820s, is the first person ever to have successfully hand-reared newborn elephants. Her deep empathy and understanding, her years of observing Kenya’s rich variety of wildlife, and her pioneering work in perfecting the right husbandry and milk formula have saved countless elephants, rhinos, and other baby animals from certain death.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Bummer of a book.
- De Kali en 08-03-13
De: Daphne Sheldrick
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Secrets of the Savanna
- Twenty-Three Years in the African Wilderness Unraveling the Mysteries of Elephants and People
- De: Mark Owens, Delia Owens
- Narrado por: Donna Postel, Sean Runnette
- Duración: 7 h y 7 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 278
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 234
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 233
In this riveting real-life adventure, Mark and Delia Owens tell the dramatic story of their last years in Africa, fighting to save elephants, villagers, and - in the end - themselves. The award-winning zoologists and pioneering conservationists describe their work in the remote and ruggedly beautiful Luangwa Valley, in northeastern Zambia. There they studied the mysteries of the elephant population’s recovery after poaching, discovering remarkable similarities between humans and elephants.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A vivid view of the savanna in Africa, culture and wildlife!
- De Kd en 09-12-20
De: Mark Owens, y otros
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The Elephant Whisperer
- My Life with the Herd in the African Wild
- De: Lawrence Anthony, Graham Spence
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 10 h y 55 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 7,844
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 7,135
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 7,136
>When South African conservationist Lawrence Anthony was asked to accept a herd of "rogue" wild elephants on his Thula Thula game reserve in Zululand, his common sense told him to refuse. But he was the herd's last chance of survival: they would be killed if he wouldn't take them. In order to save their lives, Anthony took them in. In the years that followed he became a part of their family. And as he battled to create a bond with the elephants, he came to realize that they had a great deal to teach him about life, loyalty, and freedom.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Beautiful story, beautifully written
- De Tango en 01-12-13
De: Lawrence Anthony, y otros
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The Eye of the Elephant
- An Epic Adventure in the African Wilderness
- De: Mark Owens, Delia Owens
- Narrado por: Donna Postel, Sean Runnette
- Duración: 11 h y 31 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 474
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 418
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 412
Intelligent, majestic, and loyal, with lifespans matching our own, elephants are among the greatest of the wonders gracing the African wilds. Yet in the 1970s and 1980s, about 1,000 of these captivating creatures were slaughtered in Zambia each year, killed for their valuable ivory tusks. When biologists Mark and Delia Owens, residing in Africa to study lions, found themselves in the middle of a poaching fray, they took the only side they morally could: that of the elephants.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I want to go there
- De Katherin en 05-11-19
De: Mark Owens, y otros
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The Secret Life of Sunflowers
- De: Marta Molnar, Dana Marton
- Narrado por: Kendra Murray
- Duración: 9 h y 52 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,770
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,650
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,650
When Hollywood auctioneer Emsley Wilson finds her famous grandmother's diary while cleaning out her New York brownstone, the pages are full of surprises. The first surprise is, the diary isn't her grandmother's. It belongs to Johanna Bonger, Vincent van Gogh's sister-in-law.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Nothing like a expected…
- De LOVETOQUILT en 05-06-23
De: Marta Molnar, y otros
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Modoc
- The True Story of the Greatest Elephant That Ever Lived
- De: Ralph Helfer
- Narrado por: Adam Verner
- Duración: 10 h y 57 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 201
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 180
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 180
Raised together in a small German circus town, a boy and an elephant formed a bond that would last their entire lives, and would be tested time and again: through a near-fatal shipwreck in the Indian Ocean, an apprenticeship with the legendary Mahout elephant trainers in the Indian teak forests, and their eventual rise to circus stardom in 1940s New York City. As the African Sun-Times put it, Modoc is "heartwarming...probably the greatest love story ever told".
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1 out of 5 stars
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Fiction -- Not True as claimed
- De Exercise Gal en 04-04-20
De: Ralph Helfer
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Cathedral of the Wild
- An African Journey Home
- De: Boyd Varty
- Narrado por: Boyd Varty
- Duración: 8 h y 59 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 558
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 492
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 493
Boyd Varty had an unconventional upbringing. He grew up on Londolozi Game Reserve in South Africa, a place where man and nature strive for balance, where perils exist alongside wonders. Founded more than 80 years ago as a hunting ground, Londolozi was transformed into a nature reserve beginning in 1973 by Varty’s father and uncle, visionaries of the restoration movement. But it wasn’t just a sanctuary for the animals; it was also a place for ravaged land to flourish again and for the human spirit to be restored.
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5 out of 5 stars
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One of my favorite audiobooks
- De Rainforest Listener en 03-19-17
De: Boyd Varty
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Elephants
- Birth, Life, and Death in the World of the Giants
- De: Hannah Mumby
- Narrado por: Gemma Lawrence
- Duración: 7 h y 50 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 19
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 17
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 17
From early childhood, Dr. Hannah Mumby has loved wildlife, especially elephants. Her first wild elephant sighting at 24 changed the course of her life. Since then, she has devoted herself to studying these incredible animals and educating humanity about them. Hannah's field work has taken her around the world, where she has studied many elephant groups, including both orphaned elephants and the solitary elephant males. These remarkable animals have so much to teach us, Mumby argues, and Elephants takes listeners into their world as never before.
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1 out of 5 stars
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talks more about herself than elephants.
- De ERIC DUPREE en 09-11-21
De: Hannah Mumby
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The Last Rhinos
- My Battle to Save One of the World's Greatest Creatures
- De: Lawrence Anthony, Graham Spence
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 9 h y 36 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 994
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 911
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 904
When Lawrence Anthony learned that the northern white rhino, living in the war-ravaged Congo, was on the very brink of extinction, he knew he had to act. If the world lost the sub-species, it would be the largest land mammal since the woolly mammoth to go extinct. In The Last Rhinos, Anthony recounts his attempts to save these remarkable animals. The demand for rhino horns in the Far East has turned poaching into a dangerous black market that threatens the lives of not just these rare beasts, but also the rangers who protect them.
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5 out of 5 stars
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What a tribute
- De Elizabeth en 02-26-14
De: Lawrence Anthony, y otros
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Elephant Company
- The Inspiring Story of an Unlikely Hero and the Animals Who Helped Him Save Lives in World War II
- De: Vicki Constantine Croke
- Narrado por: Simon Prebble
- Duración: 9 h y 43 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,354
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,125
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,123
At the onset of World War II, Williams formed Elephant Company and was instrumental in defeating the Japanese in Burma and saving refugees, including on his own "Hannibal Trek." Billy Williams became a media sensation during the war, telling reporters that the elephants did more for him than he was ever able to do for them, but his story has since been forgotten.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Story of Friendship, Loyalty, and Bravery
- De Patrick en 04-15-15
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An Elephant in the Garden
- De: Michael Morpurgo
- Narrado por: Fiona Clarke
- Duración: 4 h y 18 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 348
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 297
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 297
It’s 1944. Elizabeth's father is fighting with the German army on the eastern front. Her mother works at Dresden zoo, where her favourite animal is a young elephant named Marlene. When the zoo director tells her the dangerous animals must be shot to prevent them running amok when the town is bombed, Elizabeth's mother moves Marlene into the back garden to save her… and then the bombs start to fall.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing story!!
- De MPofahl en 03-26-19
De: Michael Morpurgo
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The World's Greatest Elephant
- De: Ralph Helfer
- Narrado por: Pierce Cravens
- Duración: 26 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 6
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 3
It’s unbelievable but true! Born on the same day in the same small German circus town, young Bram and his elephant, Modoc, had a lifelong friendship that spanned more than eight decades. But it was never easy. From the breakup of the circus to the shipwreck in the Indian Ocean that nearly cost them their lives, the bond between the boy and the elephant survived the most unimaginable trials. This true story of their adventures together and their eventual rise to circus stardom in the Ringling Brothers Circus will be a treasure for animal lovers everywhere.
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1 out of 5 stars
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this is a synopsis of a book. not the book
- De Stevie en 07-11-22
De: Ralph Helfer
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Girl Braiding Her Hair
- Inspired by the True Story of a Revolutionary Female Artist History Forgot
- De: Marta Molnar, Dana Marton
- Narrado por: Leah Daniels
- Duración: 10 h y 13 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 50
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 47
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 47
Her friends included Van Gogh, Degas, and Renoir. Paris celebrated her as a sought-after model, until she picked up the brush herself, at a time when art schools refused to accept female students. By the time Suzanne Valadon was 15 years old, shed been a horse walker, a milliner, a funeral wreath maker, and a circus acrobat, but that was just the beginning of her adventures. Here is her story, along with Ellie's, a modern woman a century later at a crossroads of her life, who pulls Suzanne from the shadows of the past into the light.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An insightful glimpse into the past
- De Blondierizzo en 05-11-25
De: Marta Molnar, y otros
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When the Jessamine Grows
- De: Donna Everhart
- Narrado por: Tiffany Morgan
- Duración: 12 h y 30 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 106
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 98
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 98
Talk of impending war is a steady drumbeat throughout North Carolina, though Joetta McBride pays it little heed. She and her husband, Ennis, have built a modest but happy life for themselves, raising two sons, fifteen-year-old Henry, and eleven-year-old Robert, on their small subsistence farm. They do not support the Confederacy's position on slavery, but Joetta considers her family to be neutral, believing this is simply not their fight. Her opinion is not favored by many in their community, including Joetta's own father-in-law, Rudean.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fabulous Civil War era story
- De George P. en 01-28-24
De: Donna Everhart
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Trust (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
- De: Hernan Diaz
- Narrado por: Edoardo Ballerini, Jonathan Davis, Mozhan Marnò, y otros
- Duración: 10 h y 21 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 4,146
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 3,655
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 3,655
Even through the roar and effervescence of the 1920s, everyone in New York has heard of Benjamin and Helen Rask. He is a legendary Wall Street tycoon; she is the daughter of eccentric aristocrats. Together, they have risen to the very top of a world of seemingly endless wealth—all as a decade of excess and speculation draws to an end. But at what cost have they acquired their immense fortune? This is the mystery at the center of Bonds, a successful 1937 novel that all of New York seems to have read. Yet there are other versions of this tale of privilege and deceit.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Before Purchasing
- De JLDLOfficial en 08-13-22
De: Hernan Diaz
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Magic Hour
- De: Kristin Hannah
- Narrado por: Suzanne Toren
- Duración: 14 h y 38 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 12,738
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 11,656
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 11,616
In the rugged Pacific Northwest lies the Olympic National Forest - nearly a million acres of impenetrable darkness and impossible beauty. From deep within this old growth forest, a six-year-old girl appears. Speechless and alone, she offers no clue as to her identity, no hint of her past.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Horrible narration
- De Howard Egan en 12-27-20
De: Kristin Hannah
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An American Beauty
- De: Shana Abe
- Narrado por: Gail Shalan
- Duración: 11 h y 34 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 614
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 562
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 562
1867, Richmond, Virginia: Though she wears the same low-cut purple gown that is the uniform of all the girls who work at Worsham's gambling parlor, Arabella stands apart. It's not merely her statuesque beauty and practiced charm. Even at seventeen, Arabella possesses an unyielding grit, and a resolve to escape her background of struggle and poverty. Collis Huntington, railroad baron and self-made multimillionaire, is drawn to Arabella from their first meeting. Collis is married and 30 years her senior, yet they are well-matched in temperament, and flirtation rapidly escalates into an affair.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Loved everything about it
- De Leigh H. en 07-10-23
De: Shana Abe
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All the Forgivenesses
- De: Elizabeth Hardinger
- Narrado por: Stephanie Einstein
- Duración: 12 h y 27 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 816
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 730
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 728
Growing up on their hardscrabble farm in rural Kentucky, 15-year-old Albertina "Bertie" Winslow has learned a lot from her mama, Polly. She knows how to lance a boil, make a pie crust, butcher a pig, and tend to every chore that needs doing. What she doesn't know, but is forced to reckon with all too soon, is how to look after children as a mother should. When Polly succumbs to a long illness, Bertie takes on responsibility for her four younger siblings and their dissolute, unreliable daddy.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful life story
- De gayle boyce en 10-01-19
Most importantly this book shows how the impact of humans (good or bad) truly impacts the lives of the animals in this world we all share.
Such an amazing read.
A beautiful reflection of humanity and our connection with wildlife.
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The “truth” of the novel. The possibility!
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Heartwarming and Heartbreaking
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Wonderful book
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A wondrous “journey” and book
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Wonderful story told by an elephant!
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The most beautiful story
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Beautiful and heartwarming!
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Love!
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awesome
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