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An Elephant in My Kitchen

By: Françoise Malby-Anthony, Katja Willemsen
Narrated by: Roshina Ratnam
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Françoise Malby-Anthony never expected to find herself responsible for a herd of elephants with a troubled past. A chic Parisienne, her life changed forever when she fell in love with South African conservationist Lawrence Anthony. Together they founded a game reserve but after Lawrence’s death, Françoise faced the daunting responsibility of running Thula Thula without him. Poachers attacked their rhinos, their security team wouldn’t take orders from a woman and the authorities were threatening to cull their beloved elephant family. On top of that, the herd’s feisty new matriarch Frankie didn’t like her. 

In this heart-warming and moving book, Françoise describes how she fought to protect the herd and to make her dream of building a wildlife rescue centre a reality. She found herself caring for a lost baby elephant who turned up at her house, and offering refuge to traumatised orphaned rhinos, and a hippo called Charlie who was scared of water. As she learned to trust herself, she discovered she’d had Frankie wrong all along....

Filled with extraordinary animals and the humans who dedicate their lives to saving them, An Elephant in My Kitchen by Françoise Malby-Anthony is a captivating and gripping listen.

©2019 Françoise Malby-Anthony and Katja Willemsen (P)2019 Macmillan Publishers International Ltd

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"The most magical book about the African bush since Born Free." (Daily Mail)

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Fantastic

Thank you to Francoise Malby-Anthony for her tenacity, patience, love and bravery in making a home for these beautiful animals and for continuing Lawrence's work. You are certainly leaving a legacy.
This is a well-narrated account and sk interesting and fascinating.
Highly recommend this book.

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Beautifully written and excellent narrated

I really loved this book. I had my doubts the book would be as good as Lawrence Anthony’s books but I was wrong. Beautifully written, very pleasant narrator. A book written from the heart.

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Stories of courage and perseverance

I enjoyed this book as a follow up to her husband's book, The Elephant Whisperer. This novel is about courage and the challenges that one faces when life turns changes so quickly, and it was inspirational the love and care that was shown to the animals of Africa, in particular the elephants and rhinos. It reminded me of how delicate and fragile life is for wild animals with humans roaming the planet, and reinforced that I need to do my part to show care and respect to all living creatures. I recommend this audiobook.

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Just fabulous

could not stop listening
captivating. true story and worth the time
life changing soul enhancing

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