Description:
When Ronald Dulek and his wife decide to shake up their routine with an impulsive move to the South African bush, they're plunged into a life of unexpected adventure. From lions and leopards to zebras and baboons, the wild surrounds their remote home--but it's the elephants who become the soul of their story. As the couple learns to live with nature's beauty and danger just beyond their doorstep, Sitting with Elephants blends humor, heart, and humility in a reflection on the lessons the wild has to offer.
Review Quotes:
"Dulek really 'gets' South Africa, and I say that with admiration as someone who was born on the continent, reported on it as a journalist in the darkest days of apartheid, lived here for forty-seven years in both bush and cities, and still finds it an enigma. That enigma is, ironically, often the romance. Africa is absolutely magnificent, but it also has a harsh reality; hunger, crime, poaching, are flip sides of the coin. To grasp that, and still love the place, is the key to understanding one of the most fascinating continents, which Sitting with Elephants wonderfully illustrates." --Graham Spence, coauthor, The Elephant Whisperer, The Last Rhinos, and Saving the Last Rhinos