Must read 

"Loved it! This was a very fast and interesting novella. If you're looking for a riveting new murder mystery, read Before the Flood."
—Reedsy Discovery for Before the Flood

"A thought-provoking, atmospheric coming of age story...Perfectly captures the arrogance and cruelty of a certain class of adolescent, shielded by their privilege and unaware of the challenges that lie ahead. The hero's confusion and angst are eloquently rendered."
—Goodreads for Before the Flood

The Memory of an Elephant is the highly emotional story of Ishi, a Bull Elephant coming to the end of his life, who decides to travel back to the plains of his birth in Kenya before he dies. I read most of it with a giant lump in my throat and defy anyone not to be moved by the story of this supremely intelligent majestic creature.

This is a beautifully told epic story that brings the beauty and wild cruelty of Africa vividly to life.

Joanna Joseph, Reedsy Reviewer for The Memory of an Elephant

“I remember every sight, every sound, every smell, from the moment of my birth to the moment we are in now. I have no dates to mark the time by, and no knowledge of the two-leggers’ boundaries, but I know I’ve been taken to distant lands and climates, across endless waters to towering nests filled with noise and unbearably bright lights, where countless of them hurtle about in their false beasts.

My world is out under the open sky, where the stars are so close you can see them moving across the night. It is under that sky that I hope to end my journey, among the two-legged friends who raised me, and the friends and aunties from my long ago adopted herd.”

“So begins a tender, sometimes heartbreaking saga that spans three continents, five decades, and a more than 1,000-mile journey by the elephant back to the Tsavo wildlife refuge, his birthplace…”   “A vivid and timely depiction of the sentience of elephants and the cruelty of ivory poaching.”

Kirkus Reviews, for The Memory of an Elephant