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The White Bone
The White Bone
Author: Barbara Gowdy
If elephants could tell just one story, it would be the story of Mud, a young elephant cow orphaned at birth and blessed with visionary powers. Mud's life on the Africa plain is changed forever when she and her adopted family are forced by prolonged drought to linger at one of the few remaining watering holes. The herd is ambushed there by ivory...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780006481218
ISBN-10: 0006481213
Publication Date: 1998
Pages: 330
Rating:
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Publisher: Perennial Canada
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 0
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Helpful Score: 2
Really a wonderful read -- a fabulous trip to Africa and if you adore elephants like I do, you shouldn't pass this one up.
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The White Bone is an unsentimental and meticulously imagined immersion into the world of the African elephant . . . This extraordinary novel is utterly believable.
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Helpful Score: 1
This book kept me interested and I didn't want to put it down. Very descriptive and imaginative, the elephants have their own religion and etiquette. The only downside was the ending, which was a bit of a cliffhanger.
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