Elephant Winter

Cultural

Author: Kim Echlin

When Sophie Walker leaves Zimbabwe to return to her family’s home in Ontario to care for her dying mother, she questions her nomadic existence until she spies a herd of elephants on the adjacent property and begins a relationship with the animals and their trainer, Jo Mann…..Read More

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